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Science 8 July 1966:
Vol. 153. no. 3732, pp. 201 - 203
DOI: 10.1126/science.153.3732.201
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Mexican Freetail Bats: Photography

Harold E. Edgerton 1, Paul F. Spangle 2, and James K. Baker 3

1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
2 Western Museum Laboratory, San Francisco, California
3 Joshua Tree National Monument, California

A method is described for photographing bats or other rapidly moving objects as they intercept in space a particular area which is covered by a camera system. Photographs taken at Carlsbad Caverns show that the tail membrane of the Mexican freetail bat is extended when the animal is in flight.

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