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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.






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Amazing video, thanks for posting. Awesome and terrifying at the same time.


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Wow, how did I miss this? Very cool, thanks!




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Very very cool. Love the stoop at the end.





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That was just plain awesome. I liked how he folded his wings and dove to his handler at the end. Amazing!

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That bird dropped like a Stuka.





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That was worth watching!



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Wow...very cool
 
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wow. that is smooth!



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Excellent video!


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He has one hell of a traffic scan. I'll give him that much...


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Very cool- Thanks for sharing with us!


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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 Smile


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amazing. loved it! such a view. thanks for sharing!


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Okay I found you. Where's my chicken nugget?



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I ended up watching an hour worth of eagle cam footage and eagles attacking stuff. They are awesome.



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Incredible. Thanks for sharing it.



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