a fluttering circular display flight, followed by an earthward plummet
And down it comes - the force of much of the work here is precisely in this hard earthwards motion.
Exhaustedly, she made the earthwards descent, gliding on the wind like a powerful eagle.
Floating above it all was a blimp with floodlights streaming earthward.
Flaming to a brilliance of suns as it hurtled earthward, the meteor finally struck, burning itself deep within the earth.
