When a water balloon is popped by a pellet gun, the contracting rubber skin and pressure drop disturbs the surface. The water seems to float momentarily before falling. Filmed at up to 1000 fps by a Casio EX-ZR100.

By Blake Buchannan, Kelsey Spurr, Austin Nossokoff for Spring 2013 Get Wet.
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When a water balloon is popped by a pellet gun, the contracting rubber skin and pressure drop disturbs the surface. The water seems to float momentarily before falling. Filmed at up to 1000 fps by a Casio EX-ZR100.

An aquarium ‘airstone’ generates an air jet, illuminated by red and blue LEDs.

Air comes out of solution as water cools to freezing. If frozen quickly, both large and small bubbles are formed. Pure water freezes first at the periphery, trapping bubbles in the interior.

Soap bubbles colored with food dye.

Laminar flow over a dam in a flume becomes turbulent on impact.

A stream of mercury impacting a solid surface displays a hydraulic jump.

Ball impacting milk.

A droplet splashing into a shallow pool forms a crown shape while the surface reflects a diffraction pattern in the background.

A droplet of water falling into a shallow pool of water rebounds into a Worthington jet.

High speed video of a firecracker bursting a plastic bag full of water, a can of Red Bull, and a cup of water, filmed at 480 frames per second.