Mirjam Sophia Glessmer

Balls balancing on water jets

Water is just endlessly fascinating.

When I was recently at the ThinkTank science museum in Birmingham, UK, they had water fountains that you could balance balls on, like so:

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Even though it was raining, you can probably imagine how much time I spent there… But I made a video for you so you can enjoy it, too. Have fun!

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  1. […] first experiment has a slight ring of the balls balancing on water jets. I’m a little torn on which one I like better. The experiment below looks a little more like […]

  2. […] ThinkTank museum in Birmingham. I already posted about all their cool water features back then (the balancing ball or cool fountain, for example). But there is this one movie that I took that I have been wanting to […]

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