A Worthington jet, created by a droplet impacting a water surface, acts as a cylindrical lens, inverting the background image.

A Worthington jet, created by a droplet impacting a water surface, acts as a cylindrical lens, inverting the background image.

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2015, 2015 Get Wet, Flow Categories, Flow Vis Techniques, Images, Lensing, Media, Multiphase, Refractive Index, Splashes, Water Surface, Worthington Jet, z Class & Assignment

By Daniel Maguire for Fall 2015 Get Wet.
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