Shaking paint on a speaker cone and filming it in high speed is an oldie but a goodie. Here, artist Linden Gledhill films paint ejection at 10,000 frames per second, Keep reading
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Spinning Ink Out of Markers
I have to say I’m grateful that my classmates in school never discovered the mess-generating superpower of felt-tipped markers. As the Slow Mo Guys demonstrate here, when you spin or Keep reading
Spinning Droplet Galaxies
Water flung from a spinning tennis ball takes on a shape reminiscent of a spiral galaxy. As it detaches, water leaves the surface with both the tangential velocity of the Keep reading
Rim Break-Up
Splashing drops often expand into a liquid sheet and spray droplets from an unstable rim. Although this behavior is key to many natural and industrial processes, including disease transmission and Keep reading
Paint Balloons
The Slow Mo Guys have a history of personal sacrifice in the name of cool high-speed footage, and their Super Slow Show is no exception. In a recent segment, both Keep reading
Paintball Collisions
In their latest video, the Slow Mo Guys collide paintballs in mid-air, creating some pretty great paint splashes. The high-speed video does a nice job of revealing some of the Keep reading
Burning a Rocket Underwater
In a recent video, Warped Perception filmed a model rocket engine firing underwater. Firstly, it’s no surprise that the engine would still operate underwater (after its wax waterproofing). The solid propellant Keep reading
“Galaxy Gates”
Viewing fluids through a macro lens makes for an incredible playground. In “Galaxy Gates”, Thomas Blanchard and the artists of Oilhack explore a colorful and dynamic landscape of paint, oil, Keep reading
Liquid Fragmentation
From spilling coffee to driving through puddles, our daily lives are full of examples of liquids fragmenting into drops. A recently published study describes how this break-up occurs and predicts Keep reading
Colors in Macro
Milk, acrylic paints, soap, and oil – all relatively common fluids, but together they form beautiful mixtures worth leaning in to enjoy. Variations in surface tension between the liquids cause Keep reading