Thursday, August 26, 2010

PD Images of horses

Galloping horse free animated public domain image

Animated Image: Sequence of a race horse galloping; photos taken by Eadweard Muybridge (death in 1904) first published in 1887 in Philadelphia. The horse galloping animation is set to motion using the frames of photos taken from Muybridge's Human and Animal Locomotion series, published 1887 by the University of Pennsylvania.

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Horses generally move with four basic gaits: four-beat walk (average speed 6.4 kmh/ 4.0 mph); two-beat trot or jog (13 to 19 kmh /8.1 to 12 mph); canter or lope, a three-beat gait (19 to 24 kmh/ 12 to 15 mph) and the gallop (40 to 48 kmh/ 25 to 30 mph. The reported world record for a horse galloping over a short, sprint distance is 88 kilometers per hour (55 mph). Besides these basic gaits, there are many variations observed in many horse breeds.

Horses generally move with four basic gaits: four-beat walk (average speed 6.4 kmh/ 4.0 mph); two-beat trot or jog (13 to 19 kmh /8.1 to 12 mph); canter or lope, a three-beat gait (19 to 24 kmh/ 12 to 15 mph) and the gallop (40 to 48 kmh/ 25 to 30 mph. The reported world record for a horse galloping over a short, sprint distance is 88 kilometers per hour (55 mph). Besides these basic gaits, there are many variations observed in many horse breeds.

PD Photo: Wild stallion Lazarus and part of his band in West Warm Springs HMA (source: Bureau of Land Management, Office of Public Affairs, Oregon, USA).

Bay colour (left), and chestnut colour (also called sorrel) are two of the most common coat colors seen in almost all breeds. Horses exhibit a diverse array of coat colors and distinctive markings explained in a specialized vocabulary for horse breeders/ lovers.

PD photo: Three horses in a breeding place eating grass

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