A large bubble in the process of bursting!

By Daniel Allen, Anna Gilgur, Jeremy Parsons, Jonathan Fritts. for Spring 2013 Team Second.
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A large bubble in the process of bursting!

Bubbles that are large enough wobble as disturbance forces are easily larger than the restoring surface tension.

An air-filled bubble is buoyant above a cold CO2-water fog.

A bubble being blown hangs from a wand above a previously formed bubble.

Light interference shows minute variations in the thickness of a soap bubble skin.

Dyed water beneath vegetable oil was sheared by a moving obstruction, resulting in a Kelvin-Helmholtz instability.

Dish soap on a Q-tip drops the local surface tension of dyed milk_ the higher surface tension at the edges pulls the dye outward.

Food dye in milk illustrates laminar mixing by vortexes and stretching.

A droplet of Axe golden glitter shampoo creates a region of low surface tension in dyed milk, resulting in Marangoni flow.

Dye visualizes mixing in shallow pools of water on a vibrating plate. Cymatics fans take note!