With patience and timing, one can create remarkable sculptures with fluids. To capture this shot, Moussi Ouissem used two droplets, perfectly timed. The first fell through the soap bubble (which stayed intact thanks to its powers of self-healing) and hit the pool of water. The impact caused a cavity, which then inverted into a Worthington jet. The second drop was timed to impact the column of the jet, creating the saddle-shaped splash seen here. Ripples in the bubble are still visible from the passage of the second drop, and several satellite droplets are signs of the violence of the impacts. (Image credit: M. Ouissem)
Liquid Sculptures
