MetaFilter posts tagged with turbulence

House of Gauss

Kronos_to_Earth — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:29:43 -0800

"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." The Sun's very real field lines are featured in Semiconductor's 'Brilliant Noise', and there is more (non-magnet related) by the company.

spooky fluids!

sergeant sandwich — Wed, 10 May 2006 15:14:04 -0800

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]

The Shape of Song

hama7 — Thu, 15 Jul 2004 05:40:45 -0800

The Shape of Song from Turbulence.

paladin — Fri, 16 Mar 2001 18:00:34 -0800

Online Art - strange delights.