Complications of Flight Path by Other Factors

Leaves (and other planar objects) outside in their natural environment and subject to other factors, such as winds, of course will not always behave in a fashion condusive to easy mapping by observers. Beautiful to behold, measuring and calculating the complex motions of a leaf in the wind requires very advanced mathematics. [3]

To help display examples of such phenomena, here are two videos:


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JO2pVhC4Us
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpkYshDLsPU

By Ross MacDougall

Physics 103
Fall 2011
University of Alaska Fairbanks

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