Take-off

 

When I was little, I would often spend hours in the back garden looking for ladybirds. The way they would open up their spotted wing casing (like a flash sportscar), then spread their wings and fly off was always a bit fascinating.

Credits: imgur via JoyReactor, ‫طارق ارفاعيه‬‎, GIFs new and Google+

On a collision course

 

The moment a ball collides with a pane of glass. You can see the trajectory of the cracks as they ripple out from the site of impact. An epic noir slow-motion GIF from gifak-net.

Credits: gifak-net Animated GIFs via Sel Ven, Radio Plus – Mauritius/Ile-Maurice and Facebook