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It's amazing how high birds can fly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_by_flight_heights http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_by_flight_heights
by gweinberg 11y ago
It's amazing how high birds can fly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_by_flight_heights http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_by_flight_heights
- dm2 11y agoUnfortunately it's likely that many many types of animals take advantage of low-altitude wind-streams, especially during migrations. But maybe we could place several of them into the jet-stream (at 10-15 km) which is higher than all birds except one type of vulture. Edit: Nevermind, Google is working on exactly that: http://www.gizmag.com/google-x-makani-power-airborne-wind-turbine/27668/ http://www.gizmag.com/google-x-makani-power-airborne-wind-tu... The cable seems to be the most difficult part: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_wind_power http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-altitude_wind_power