Sam Sommers, Joshua Hecht, Mitch Stubbs, Hamed Yazdi, Ernesto Grossman Laser light scattered by an opal glass lampshade. More information	Hamed Yazdi, Joshua Hecht, Mitch Stubbs, Ernesto Grossman, and Sam Sommers. Laser light scatters as it passes through fog, glass, syrup, bubbles and a syringe. More information	Mitch Stubbs, Joshua Hecht, Hamed Yazdi, Ernesto Grossman, and Sam Sommers. Laser light focused by a lens in a foggy room. More information	Ernesto Grossmann, Joshua Hecht, Mitch Stubbs, Hamed Yazdi, and Sam Sommers. Laser beam refracted through a surfactant/fatty acid interface, in foggy air. More information	Joshua Hecht, Mitch Stubbs, Hamed Yazdi, Ernesto Grossman, and Sam Sommers. Total internal reflection at the interface between water and liquid soap conducts light across the container. More information
Jeremy Baugh A colored light loop is projected through a tank of rotating water, resulting in focused patterns on the floor beyond. More information	Greg Lundeen and Ryan Kelly Combustion in super fine steel wool propagates along the fibers, and also jumps via sparks. More information	Ryan Kelly and Greg Lundeen Combustion in super fine steel wool propagates along the fibers, and also jumps via sparks. More information	Michael Chilton A simple nozzle at the exit of an isopropyl alcohol-fueled bottle rocket enhances the combustion. More information	Devin Ohmart A butane torch flame turns orange after passing through a coil of copper wire. More information
Travis Brown A toothpick burns with a laminar flame. More information	George Seese, Nick Travers Schlieren shows a mushroom shaped plume of hot gas when a lighter is first struck. More information	Joshua Lester Flames from burning paper and synthetic lights are digitally combined in a kaleidoscope pattern. More information	Colin Stewart Incense sticks burn above a bowl of rubbing alcohol. More information	Andrew Tycksen Vortexes can be seen at the edges of stage fog billows. More information
Nick Beato A puff of stage fog is illuminated by a laser swept through it. More information	Brayden Hass, David Oakley A smoke plume cools and becomes negatively buoyant after impinging on a curved surface. More information	David Oakley, Brayden Hass A smoke plume cools and becomes negatively buoyant after impinging on a curved surface. More information	Nick Travers, George Seese. Cold water plumes fall from floating ice in water, shown by color schlieren, with patterns repeated in post-processing. More information	Peter Davis Food dye droplets suspended in vegetable oil. More information
Qian Li Water droplets vibrate after coalescence during condensation, filmed at 500 frames per second. More information	Emily Howard, Preston Wheeler Colliding water jets result in a 'fishbone' instability. More information	Preston Wheeler, Emily Howard Colliding water jets result in a 'fishbone' instability. More information	Guy Casavan, Ankit Sharma, Braydon Hass Ferrofluid in a water suspension is attracted to a magnet to the side. More information	Ankit Sharma, Guy Casavan, Brandon Hass The normal field instability produces spikes in ferrofluid in a magnetic field. More information
Jeff Byrne and Jake Anderegg A top view of a Worthington jet, made by food dye dropped into milk from a height of six feet. More information	Jake Anderegg and Jeff Byrne. Food dye droplet falling from a height of six feet results in a crown splash. More information	Andrew Fish A golf ball dropped into oobleck produces no splash, while a drop into water does. More information	Nick Shearon, Zach Strande Buoyancy makes a shallowly impacting ball bounce on water. More information	Hayley Schneider A stream of shampoo bounces several times on impact with an inclined surface due to a thin layer of air. More information
Anthony Johnson, Alexander Ting Trailing vortexes can be seen at the ends of a magnetic stirring bar in dyed milk. More information	Alexander Ting, Anthony Johnson Trailing vortexes can be seen at the ends of a magnetic stirring bar in dyed milk. More information	Jennie Jorgenson, Joshua Smith and Benjamin Pacheco Layers of poured paint result in non-diffusive mixing due to the low Reynolds number. More information	Joshua Smith, Jennie Jorgenson and Benjamin Pacheco Layers of poured paint result in non-diffusive mixing due to the low Reynolds number. More information	Benjamin Pacheco, Jennie Jorgenson, Joshua Smith Layers of poured paint result in non-diffusive mixing due to the low Reynolds number and thixotropic behavior of paint. More information
Douglas Schwichtenberg Foam on South Boulder Creek swirls into a pocket along the bank. More information	Amanda Childress Cumulus, 7:23 pm on April 19th 2012, Boulder CO. More information	Nick Cote Irisation or iridescence at the edge of a stratocumulus cloud, March 30, 2012, at 5:17 pm near the Colorado border with Wyoming. More information	Alyssa Berg Small disks move in the breeze in a 'wind sculpture' by Ned Kahn on the ITLL exterior. More information	Nathan Amack Sloshing in a tank disturbs wakes of ink drops as they settle. More information
Kerylyn Lay The wake of a rock in a draining wave disturbs local sand striations. More information	Jacob Wright A single video frame captures the spray as a projectile from a slingshot penetrates a soda can. More information	Aaron Coady, Sreyas Krishnan A bursting soap bubble, before(right) and during (left), mirrored up and down. More information	Sreyas Krishnan, Aaron Coady The interface between two bubbles minimizes strain energy. More information	Scotty Hamilton Humans can blow toroidal air bubble vortex rings underwater too. More information