Eric Stahl
Thin red paint drips over thick white paint. More information |
Mathew Schulte
Red and black acrylic paint illustrate non-diffusive mixing and folding. More information |
Ilya Lisenker
Particles show circulation inside a droplet experiencing the Liedenfrost (film boiling) effect. More information |
Ben Britton
Surface tension pulls and spreads dyed milk after acetone is dropped on the milk surface, illustrating the Marangoni effect. More information |
Benjamin Maples
'Tears of Wine' are the result of Marangoni effects: as alcohol evaporates from a film of wine, more wine is drawn up by surface tension. More information |
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Allison Hamrick
Soap bubbles are trapped under ice at the edge of Boulder Creek. More information |
Josh Stockwell
Soap bubbles trappped beneath a glass. More information |
Jon VanderWeele
An impinging air jet blows aside soap bubbles, revealing a blue patterned plate beneath. More information |
Jason Carranza
Olive oil floating on water, viewed from underwater. More information |
John Murray
Raindrops sparkle in the sun. More information |
Patrick Zimmer
The cross section of a stream of falling water is distorted by surface tension, displaying aspects of the Plateau-Rayleigh instability. More information |
Jessica Lucia
A falling stream of water acts as a lens, distorting shadows behind it. More information |
Vien Nguyen
Sunkist soda streams down into a glass. More information | Video
Daniel Notary
The Kaye Effect is illustrated with hand soap; a layer of shear-thinned fluid beneath the stream deflects a jet of fluid outward. More information |
Terese Decker
Dyed honey falls into water, showing buckling and coiling instabilities. More information |
Levey Tran
Dyed vinegar floats up through corn syrup, forming streamers. More information |
Jonathan Varkovitzky
Ink falling in water shows the Rayleigh-Taylor instability. More information |
Joseph Eisenger
Low Reynolds number jet of food dye from a syringe into water breaks down in a Kelvin Helmholtz instabilty. More information |
Patrick Wessels
A glass of water on a subwoofer, viewed sideways, subject to transverse excitation at 25 Hz. More information |
Randy Williams
Dyed milk excited vertically by a subwoofer. More information |
Tony Vo
Water fog created by dry ice was forced through holes in a tube, creating unstable parallel jets. More information | Video
Peter Mitrano
Atmospheric water condenses to fog above boiling liquid nitrogen. More information |
Christopher Svedman
Looking down on water fog above dry ice as it flows out of a bottle. An LED lights the bottle from below. More information |
Nathan Weigle
Incense smoke flowing over a golf ball remains laminar. More information | "Fire Ball" Stephen Lepke
Tennis balls soaked in rubbing alcohol burn on top of ice. More information |
Jade Jauquet
Impact of a dyed droplet on a puddle of milk created a 'crown' splash. More information |
Jake Gigliotti
Impact of a dyed droplet on a puddle of milk created a 'crown' splash. More information |
Yevgeniy Fedotov
Worthington jet from droplet impacting water in a shot glass. More information |
Jonathan Fragoso
Careful timing captured the impact of a falling droplet with a rising Worthington jet caused by a prior droplet impact. More information |
Harrison Fast
A droplet of saline solution falls through a soap bubble to create a Worthington jet. More information |