"The secret lives of invisible magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic ever-changing geometries." Very pretty, eerie, animated interpretations of the fields inhabit Semiconductor's "Magnetic Movie." [more inside]
posted by Kronos_to_Earth on Jul 10, 2008 - 25 comments

Order from chaos! Fill a cylindrical bucket with water and make it so the bottom can spin. At certain speeds, stable regular polygonal shapes will spontaneously form at the turbulent surface of the water. See the video. [2.6MB avi] [via last week's PRL]
posted by sergeant sandwich on May 10, 2006 - 28 comments

The Shape of Song from Turbulence.
posted by hama7 on Jul 15, 2004 - 7 comments

Online Art - strange delights.
posted by paladin on Mar 16, 2001 - 1 comment