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Carbonated Levitation

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A carbonated drop bounces along a superhydrophobic surface, levitated on its own carbon dioxide vapor layer.

Interference fringes appear as the carbon dioxide layer builds up and levitation begins.

On a racheted surface, the carbonated drop is self-propelled, like a convention Leidenfrost drop.

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