File this one under awesome tricks you shouldn’t try at home. Here bubble artist Dustin Skye demonstrates his handheld inverted fire tornado. First, he blows a large encapsulating bubble, then Keep reading
Tag: vorticity
Vortex Dome
Are you staring into the eye of a hurricane or watching the spin of a simple desk toy? Part of the beauty of fluid dynamics is recognizing how similar they Keep reading
From Firenado to Water Spout
Just a few years ago, fire tornadoes were almost fabled because they were so rarely captured on video. Now, with worsening wildfire seasons and cell phone cameras everywhere, there are Keep reading
Vortex Ring Collisions
One of the most enduringly popular submissions I receive is T. Lim’s experimental footage of two vortex rings colliding head-on. It’s an devilishly tough experimental set-up to master because perfectly Keep reading
Caught in a Whirl
View this post on Instagram #menorca #bubblering #jellyfish #freedive #goproes #gopro @goproes @gopro @angels.of.the.sea A post shared by Victor de Valles (@victordevalles) on Jun 6, 2017 at 12:15am PDT Vortex Keep reading
In the Eye of a Hurricane
Although eyes are common at the center of large-scale cyclones, scientists are only now beginning to understand how they form. Since real-world cyclogenesis is complicated by many competing effects, researchers Keep reading
Fanning the Flame
A fan’s blade passes through the hot air rising above a flame in this iconic image by high-speed photography pioneer Harold Edgerton. This photo uses an optical technique known as Keep reading
Jupiter’s Little Red Spot
The Juno mission has been revealing angles of Jupiter we’ve never seen before. This photo shows Jupiter’s northern temperate latitudes and NN-LRS-1, a.k.a. the Little Red Spot (lower left), the Keep reading
“Gargantua”
Peering into a vortex feels like staring into an abyss in the Julia Set Collective’s “Gargantua”. Like their previously featured works, this video uses a macro perspective on fluid phenomenon Keep reading
Giant Vortex Cannon
Playing with a vortex cannon is a ton of fun, and they are remarkably easy to make. You can knock over cups or card houses, create art, or just try Keep reading