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merrius
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This has been bugging me for 30 years, so I hope someone here can help.
I was at the base of a local Dam that had a fish hatchery on top, and a HUGE flock of hawks circling above, waiting to get lucky. Yum!
In a totally non-PC way, I started throwing rocks at the hawks. My 'lead' on them was perfect, but I wasn't even getting close; the rocks would just reach a peak and tail off, and the hawks didn't even flinch. So, I threw harder. Now, the rocks (the 'smooth, flat, slick, river rock' kind, as Brother Dave Gardner would say) would reach their peak, fall off a bit, maybe 10-20 feet, and then go UP AGAIN and finally fall away.
Question: why should this be? Why the double peak? I don't think it was due to thermals or air currents, as I've observed the same phenomenon when I throw rocks parallel with the ground...but only when I throw really hard.
Thanking you in advance for your assistance...
Merrius
I was at the base of a local Dam that had a fish hatchery on top, and a HUGE flock of hawks circling above, waiting to get lucky. Yum!
In a totally non-PC way, I started throwing rocks at the hawks. My 'lead' on them was perfect, but I wasn't even getting close; the rocks would just reach a peak and tail off, and the hawks didn't even flinch. So, I threw harder. Now, the rocks (the 'smooth, flat, slick, river rock' kind, as Brother Dave Gardner would say) would reach their peak, fall off a bit, maybe 10-20 feet, and then go UP AGAIN and finally fall away.
Question: why should this be? Why the double peak? I don't think it was due to thermals or air currents, as I've observed the same phenomenon when I throw rocks parallel with the ground...but only when I throw really hard.
Thanking you in advance for your assistance...
Merrius