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"Ferro Field"

Ferrofluid forms a labyrinth of blobs and lines against a white background in this award-winning photo by Jack Margerison. Ferrofluids are a magnetically-sensitive fluid, typically created by suspending magnetic nanoparticles in oil. (Image credit: J. Margerison from CUPOTY; via Colossal) Read the full article

#ferrofluid #fluiddynamics #fluidsasart #instability #physics #science

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Snake Tracks

Moving across sand is quite challenging for bipedal creatures like us, but other animals have their ways. Photographer Paul Lennart Schmid caught this snake on the move, with impressions of its passage still in the sand. (Image credit: P. Schmid; via Nature TTL POTY) Read the full article

#biology #fluiddynamics #fluidsasart #granularmaterial #physics #science #snakes

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"Chaosmosis"

After many years of featuring work from the Gallery of Fluid Motion, I'm excited to announce a new public exhibition of art drawn from the competition: "Chaosmosis: Assigning Rhythm to the Turbulent."  (Image credits: various, see individual images' titles) Read the full article

#flowvisualization #fluiddynamics #fluidsasart #physics #science

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Eroding the Sphinx

One theory suggests that the Great Sphinx of Giza formed -- in part -- naturally as a result of erosion, and ancient Egyptians added features to the bedrock formation. To test the plausibility of the theory, researchers made a miniature sphinx. (Image credit: S. Boury et al.) Read the full article

#2022gofm #archaeology #erosion #flowvisualization #fluiddynamics #fluidsasart #history #physics #science #Sphinx

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"Emerald Roots"

As charged particles from the solar wind bombard the upper atmosphere, a glowing plasma forms and dances in the sky. The green light of the plasma reflects off moistened sand, rippled by the passage of wind and tide.  (Image credit: L. Tenti; via 2023 Astronomy POTY) Read the full article

#aurora #erosion #fluiddynamics #fluidsasart #granularmaterial #magnetohydrodynamics #physics #plasma #sandripples #science

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Spreading Spores

Mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of much bigger, largely underground fungi. Being fruit, mushrooms have the job of spreading spores so that the fungus can reproduce. Some mushrooms rely on the wind; others create their own wind.  (Image credit: top - A. Papatsanis, bottom - I. Potyó; via Wildlife POTY) Read the full article

#biology #flowvisualization #fluiddynamics #fluidsasart #mushrooms #physics #science

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"Animaris Rex"

Eighteen meters long and powered only by the wind, artist Theo Jansen's latest Strandbeest strolls the sand in this short video. (Video and image credit: T. Jansen et al.; via Colossal) Read the full article

#fluiddynamics #fluidsasart #physics #science #wind

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"Shaken, Not Stirred"

James Bond notoriously orders his martinis "shaken, not stirred," a request bartenders fulfill by shaking the cocktail over ice in a separate shaker. But what if you shake the martini glass itself? That's the question that inspired this lovely mixology. (Image and research credit: X. Song et al.; submitted by Zhao P.) Read the full article

#2023gofm #cocktails #flowvisualization #fluiddynamics #fluidsasart #mixing #physics #science

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Jupiter in Infrared

These recent composite images from the James Webb Space Telescope show Jupiter in stunning infrared detail. They're the result of several images taken in different infrared bands, then combined and rendered in visible light. In general, the redder colors show longer wavelengths and the bluer ones show shorter wavelengths. (Image credit: NASA/ESA/Jupiter ERS Team 1, 2; via Colossal) Read the full article

#aurora #clouds #flowvisualization #fluiddynamics #fluidsasart #Jupiter #physics #science

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Red Sprites

Sprites, or red sprites, are high-altitude electrical discharges in the atmosphere. Although sometimes called upper-atmospheric lightning, sprites are a cold plasma phenomenon. (Image credit: A. An; via Colossal) Read the full article

#atmosphericscience #fluiddynamics #fluidsasart #Jupiter #lightning #physics #plasma #science #sprite

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"A Sun Question"

The sun's surface and atmosphere are endlessly dynamic, with magnetic lines, plasma, and convection creating a constant churn. In this photo by astrophotographer Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau, a curving question-mark-like filament appears above the sun's surface. (Image credit: E. Poupeau; via 2023 Astronomy POTY) Read the full article

#convection #fluiddynamics #fluidsasart #magnetohydrodynamics #physics #plasma #science #sun

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"Haut"

In Susi Sie's "Haut" the camera seems to fly over ever-shifting landscapes. In reality, these are macro images, created (I think) by dyes and patterns atop a water bath.  (Video credit: S. Sie) Read the full article

#flowvisualization #fluiddynamics #fluidsasart #granularmaterial #physics #science