On the ocean, countless crashing waves are creating bubbles. When they burst, those bubbles generate jets and droplets that spray into the sky, carrying sea salt, dust, and biological material Keep reading
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The World in a Droplet
Capturing refracted images in a droplet is a popular pastime among high-speed photographers, and in this solo Slow Mo Guy outing, we get to see that process in video. Physically, Keep reading
Reducing the Force of Water Entry
As anyone who’s jumped off the high board can tell you, hitting the water involves a lot of force. That’s because any solid object entering the water has to accelerate Keep reading
Massive Worthington Jet
The FloWave facility in Scotland is one of the coolest ocean simulators out there. Equipped with 168 individual wave makers and 28 submerged flow-drive units, it’s capable of recreating almost Keep reading
Worthington and His Jets
If you’ve been around fluid mechanics for very long, you’ve probably noticed that we like to name things after people. (Mostly dead, white guys, but that’s another subject.) Whenever someone Keep reading
Using Paper to Avoid Splashback
Daily life and countless pool parties have taught us all that objects falling into water create a splash. Sometimes that splash is undesirable, and while there are many ways to Keep reading
Liquid Sculptures
With patience and timing, one can create remarkable sculptures with fluids. To capture this shot, Moussi Ouissem used two droplets, perfectly timed. The first fell through the soap bubble (which Keep reading
Self-Healing Bubbles
Soap films have the remarkable property of self-healing. A water drop, like the one shown above, can pass through a bubble (repeatedly!) without popping it. This happens thanks to surfactants Keep reading
Cavity Collapse
One of the most iconic images in fluid dynamics is that of a drop impacting a liquid. When a drop hits a pool, it creates a crater, or cavity. That Keep reading
Reader Question: Splashes
Reader effjoebiden asks: So is the crown splash the curving wave of water on either side of the tire, the spikes of water in the middle behind the tire, or Keep reading