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The Taum Sauk Dam after failing.

Pulling quickly breaks an ant raft because the ants cannot react quickly enough to heal the raft.

A part of a gigapixel-sized composite image of supernova Vela's remains.

Video of the Feynman sprinkler in its forward (ejection) mode, with water exiting the arms of the S-shaped device.

A rendered image of two resonant side cavities in a water channel. These cavities create waves that cancel out the incoming waves, creating a calm area downstream.

Animation showing droplets growing, sliding, and sinking into a sculpture by Lily Clark.

Microscope image of the gel layer that forms at the interface between air and a polymer solution. Beneath the gel lies a viscoelastic layer of concentrated polymers.

A23a, the world's biggest iceberg, is currently caught in a Taylor column.

Exciting a flame in a trough.

A road sign explaining the ghost river that runs beneath the current development.

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks pictured from March 6 (top) to March 14th (bottom) in 2024.

Pillars of light extend upward into the night sky in this photo taken in Inner Mongolia in February 2024.

Liquid metal printing

The miscible Faraday instability

A triangular solar prominence hovers over the Sun's surface.

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