Temperature-induced Currents

Temperature gradient-induced currents from an ice cube illustrated with mica powder.

Filmed and created by Emma Wilder

Song: lofi autumn days

Artist: snoozy beats

Song License: CC BY

Source: Free Music Archive

Cirrocumulus, Feb 19, 2013, 3:30 pm, Boulder CO.

Mountain wave clouds, Boulder CO, January 19, 2013 at 5 pm.

Cirrus and cumulus clouds, February 19, 2013 at 5:15 pm, Boulder CO.

Mountain wave clouds, February 20 at 2:12 pm in Boulder, Colorado.

Stratocumulus, Colorado Sand Dunes, noon, March 29th 2013

Water-based paint is thrown upward by a loudspeaker, forming ligaments.

Oobleck excited by a loudspeaker exhibits non-Newtonian behavior.

Oobleck excited by a loudspeaker exhibits non-Newtonian behavior.

The “Normal Field Instability” causes spikes in ferrofluid as the fluid concentrates a magnetic field on a machine nut.

The “Normal Field Instability” causes spikes in ferrofluid as the fluid concentrates a magnetic field on a threaded bolt and flat washer.