Inkjet printers produce droplets at an incredible rate. A typical printhead generates droplets that are about 10 picoliters in volume – that is, ten trillionths of a liter – moving Keep reading
Tag: high-speed photography
Floral Still Life
Fluid motion is captured as a floral still life in these high-speed photos by Jack Long. The artist keeps mum about his set-up but notes that these are single capture Keep reading
Soap Film Flow Viz
Flowing soap films provide an educational and beautiful method for visualizing the wakes of objects in two-dimensional flows. High-speed photography highlights the interference patterns on the soap film, providing detail Keep reading
Bursting Bubbles
A soap bubble bursts when its surface tension is broken, and, although from our perspective, the bubble bursts instantly, the process is actually directional. The bubble disintegrates from the point Keep reading
Water Balloon Photography
Photographer Edward Horsford uses high-speed photography to capture water balloons as they burst. On Earth, of course, gravity wins over surface tension, but the results are very different in microgravity. Keep reading