Isaiah 40:31 ...but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
The Eyes of an Eagle
This is a video of an eagle's flight from the top of the world's tallest building to his handler below. The eagle was fitted with a camera and released from the top of the 2,715 foot Burj Khalifa building in Dubai. The eagle had no idea where the tiny speck of land was that his handler was standing on or what it looked like among all of the other islands and buildings and people.
Somewhere along the way, the eagle actually picks out and recognizes his trainer from among all of the other objects, people, etc. You can see him looking, looking, looking for his trainer, who is invisible to the human eye and the camera, and then once he spots him, he folds his wings and drops like a bullet straight to his trainer.
What is surprising is not only how efficiently the eagle spots his trainer from that altitude, but how smooth its flight is, with no camera shake whatsoever, even when it goes into a power dive.
May we all have the eyes of an eagle.
"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24
June 30, 2017, 10:50 AM
P220 Smudge
Amazing video, thanks for posting. Awesome and terrifying at the same time.
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June 30, 2017, 12:04 PM
furlough
Wow, how did I miss this? Very cool, thanks!
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June 30, 2017, 12:10 PM
FlyingScot
Very very cool. Love the stoop at the end.
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June 30, 2017, 12:13 PM
Jimbo54
That was just plain awesome. I liked how he folded his wings and dove to his handler at the end. Amazing!
Jim
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June 30, 2017, 12:13 PM
Sig2340
That bird dropped like a Stuka.
Nice is overrated
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June 30, 2017, 02:13 PM
Johnny 3eagles
That was worth watching!
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June 30, 2017, 05:25 PM
dewhorse
Wow...very cool
June 30, 2017, 06:27 PM
Rey HRH
wow. that is smooth!
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
June 30, 2017, 07:39 PM
bigdeal
Excellent video!
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June 30, 2017, 07:47 PM
entropy
He has one hell of a traffic scan. I'll give him that much...
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June 30, 2017, 07:51 PM
CQB60
Very cool- Thanks for sharing with us!
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June 30, 2017, 08:22 PM
VBVAGUY
Amazing video !!! Thank you for sharing.
.......going on the eagles mind....He said red long sleeved shirt......nope that's not him.....nope that's not him.....whoa look at that girl !!!....no that's not him......Oh there he is !!! God Bless
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June 30, 2017, 08:26 PM
SIGGUY (THE 1ST)
amazing. loved it! such a view. thanks for sharing!
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June 30, 2017, 08:37 PM
darthfuster
Okay I found you. Where's my chicken nugget?
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July 01, 2017, 05:27 AM
Skins2881
I ended up watching an hour worth of eagle cam footage and eagles attacking stuff. They are awesome.
Jesse
Sic Semper Tyrannis
July 01, 2017, 07:39 AM
coloradohunter44
Incredible. Thanks for sharing it.
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