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How high are you now?
Good and you?
Condition: grounded, but determined to try.
https://neal.fun/space-elevator/
Scroll up and see!
That was really cool, thanks!
Why does the temperature increase at 40,000m?
Temperature is a measure of the average kinetic energy of particles of a thing. In the vacuum of space, there are very few particles, and they are mostly moving very very fast, which gives them high energy and high temperature.
I forget what happens at 40,000 m that causes the shift from cold atmosphere to “this is space” but that’s how the temperature is increasing – as you climb there are fewer and fewer particles, moving faster and faster.
Good question. I don’t know the answer but it started to get warmer from the stratosphere at 16km
It depends on the species, but the highest recorded bird was a Rüppell’s Vulture at 37,000 feet (11,300 meters).
That’s fucking wild, wtf is a vulture gonna do at 37,000 feet. Ain’t no carrion up there buddy, overachieving ass bird smh.
“Leave me the fuck alone” or “maybe there’s something to east above that clouds” 🤷♂️
I guess it took a too strong current.
Vultures are badass. One of my absolute favorite birds to see.
That is amazing 🪶
Also the Wikipedia article has a link to this amazing piece: the highest-flying bird.
Also, and this is kind of morbid, turns out the reason they know it was flying so high is because one of them got sucked into an aircraft engine at that height…
P.S. look at the Mallard Duck overachieving on that list!
Penguin = 0 m
High enough to fly far far away
Due to the density of your bones you would be flightless.
Flightless
Twice as high as a butterfly.
I read it in a book when I took a look!
The reading rainbow ❤️🧡💛💚💙🩵💜🌈
A Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird could get you up to 85,000 feet (26.000 meters).
I guess I have to count this as a type of bird!
Albeit a decomissioned one. 😥
Lmao birds are not real
Higher than Senator’s socks!
I don’t get this one
