10. EyeCandy: Water, Water, Everywhere

Jan-21-2011 | Comments (0)

Bird’s Eye: We start with an amazing ABC special on the Aussie floods: as you move your cursor across the page, you see what the city looked like before and after. It really brings home the power and horror of what’s happening. Then a light trip to Pamukkale, in Turkey where white limestone deposits form stone snowbanks down the hills. That’s different from Quebec, where snow forms the snowbanks, or Yellowknife, where boiling water sublimates before it can hit the ground in -30º weather. And we end with water skittering, either an individual droplet in super slow-mo across a pan, or lots of droplets, in the world’s largest fountain in Dubai.

* ABC News – Brisbane floods: before and after

* Pamukkale

* Meanwhile, in Québec [Click on right to see all pictures]

* Water at -30º in Yellowknife youtube, 30 seconds

* Water Droplet in Hot Pan (via the Presurfer)

* Dubai Fountain (via the Presurfer)



8. Water & Balloons & Water-Balloons

Dec-17-2010 | Comments (0)

Bird’s Eye: What a delightful combination of three amazing visual treats! We start with a 10,000 frame a second look at what really happens when the water drop hits the water. Then, guess what happens if you take balloon animals and immerse them in liquid nitrogen? Well, you’re wrong! Watch the film to see the right answer. And finally, water balloons have their skins removed leaving, for just a pico-second, a perfect granfalloon! (Kurt Vonnegut neologism: “If you wish to study a granfalloon, just remove the skin of a toy balloon.”)

* Waterdrop shot in 10000 frames a second from WIMP (Thanks, Diana!)

* Balloons in Liquid Nitrogen from WIMP

* Water Balloons Without the Balloons NPR (Thanks, Oriah!)







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