A page of text treated with a superhydrophobic spray causes water to bead up, forming magnifying lenses

By Elizabeth Whitman, Brandon Deneen, Devin Sakamoto, Isis Peguero for Fall 2015 Team Third.
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A page of text treated with a superhydrophobic spray causes water to bead up, forming magnifying lenses

Water flows through a maze created by a pattern of superhydrophobic spray

Food dye impacting paper coated with Sno-Seal beads up rapidly

Droplets pass easily through a soap film before splashing into water, recorded with a high-speed camera

A plunging water jet entrains air in an induction trumpet, filmed at 1000 fps.

Alka-Seltzer contains baking soda, which releases CO2 gas in water. The bubbling phenomenon is known as effervescence.

A stream of supercooled water forms ice on impact. Inspired by Grant “The King of Random” Thompson.

Water vapor in a bottle condenses to fog, when the squeezed bottle is released. Smoke particles were used for nucleation.

Water fog visualizes a fan-generated vortex. Life, death, struggles, growth.

Vortex rings made by puffing vape through a tube, illuminated by a swept laser beam.