Photographer Mike Olbinski has released yet another breathtaking timelapse film of weather over the Great Plains. This one has a little bit of everything: storms, tornadoes, incredible cloud formations, and Keep reading
Tag: tornado
Simulating Thunderstorms
With today’s supercomputing power, it’s possible to simulate entire thunderstorms to study how and why some of them can spawn deadly tornadoes. The animation above comes from a computer simulation Keep reading
“Pulse”
Photographer Mike Olbinski returns with another incredible storm-chasing timelapse video, this time all in black-and-white. To me, that choice helps “Pulse” emphasize the ominous majesty of these supercells and tornadoes Keep reading
“Vorticity”
Photographer Mike Olbinski is back with another storm-chasing timelapse entitled “Vorticity”. Like his previous work, this film is a breath-taking example of physics in action. It is well worth taking a Keep reading
“The Chase”
Sometimes it takes timelapse photography to truly appreciate the dynamic behavior of our atmosphere. In “The Chase” Mike Olbinski, whose work we’ve featured previously, has captured some of the most Keep reading
Lab-borne Tornadoes
Conventional wind tunnels are great, but some aerodynamic testing requires facilities of a different nature. The video above is from the WindEEE dome, a hexagonal chamber with sixty fans on Keep reading
Other Ig Nobel Fluids
To round out our series on fluid dynamics in the Ig Nobel Prizes (which are not the same thing as the actual Nobel Prizes), here are some of the other winners. Last Keep reading
Fluids Round-up – 9 June 2013
It’s time for some more fluidsy fun around the Internet! Here are some fun links I’ve come across since our last round-up. NPR reviews how dolphins and others play with vortex Keep reading
Mercedes-Benz Tornado
The world’s most powerful artificial tornado is part of the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany. Though popular enough with visitors that the staff will bring out smoke generators to make Keep reading
Antibubbles
Antibubbles–a liquid droplet surrounded by a thin film of gas and immersed in more liquid–are fragile things. This video explores how antibubbles behave when placed in proximity to a tornado-like Keep reading