Popcorn’s explosive pop looks pretty cool in high-speed video, but just watching it with a regular camera doesn’t show everything that’s going on. If we take a look at it Keep reading
Month: September 2024
Freezing Bubbles
Soap bubbles are wonderfully ephemeral, their surfaces constantly in motion as air currents, surface tension variations, and temperature differences make them dance. In this video, though, photographer Paweł Załuska focuses Keep reading
Accidental Painting
Some paintings of Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros feature patchy, spotted areas of contrasting color formed by what Siqueiros described as “accidental painting”. Many modern artists use this technique as well. Keep reading
As the Dust Blows In
This towering cloud of dust is known as a haboob, and while it appears apocalyptic, it is a relatively common occurrence in parts of the world, including the U.S. southwest Keep reading
Wrapping Up
It’s often at the intersection of topics that we can learn something new and fascinating. The latest video from The Lutetium Project shows examples of this at the intersection of Keep reading
Vibrated to Bits
Sound and vibration can be powerful tools for controlling liquids. In this animation, a water/glycerin drop violently bursts into a cloud of droplets when it is vibrated vertically 1000 times Keep reading
Pascal’s Barrel Follow-Up
fuckyeahfluiddynamics: Pascal’s Law tells us that pressure in a fluid depends on the height and density of the fluid. This is something that you’ve experienced firsthand if you’ve ever tried Keep reading
Soap Bubbles Up Close
Watching soap bubbles up close is endlessly fascinating. The iridescent colors reflect the soap film’s thickness, or, in the case of black spots, its lack thereof. The dancing of the Keep reading
Dissolving
It looks like the fiery edge of a star’s corona, but this photo actually shows a dissolving droplet. The droplet, shown as the lower dark region in this shadowgraph image, Keep reading
Turbine Wakes in the Sea
What we we build always has an impact on the environment around us. The white dots you see in the image above are an array of offshore wind turbines, standing Keep reading