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If i were a bird, how high could I go? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] 47 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It depends on the species, but the highest recorded bird was a RΓΌppell's Vulture at 37,000 feet (11,300 meters).

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 2 months ago*

    That is amazing πŸͺΆ

    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!

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    • [–] 25 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    How high are you now?

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    • [–] 19 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    https://neal.fun/space-elevator/

    Scroll up and see!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Why does the temperature increase at 40,000m?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Fun fact: A real space elevator would need to be 458x as long to reach geostationary orbit.
    At the speed of earth's current fastest elevator, it would take almost a month to reach the top.

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    • [+] 14 points 2 months ago (4 children)
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    • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    A Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird could get you up to 85,000 feet (26.000 meters).

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    • [–] 10 points 2 months ago

    Lmao birds are not real

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    [–] 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    🀏 take a hit of this and find out, mannn

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    • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Twice as high as a butterfly.

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    • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    Flightless

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    [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Penguin = 0 m

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    [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Due to the density of your bones you would be flightless.

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    [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Higher than Senator's socks!

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    • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    High enough to fly far far away

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