Tag: eddy

With all the rotating tank experiments I’ve been showing lately, one thing that comes up over and over again is the issue of solid body rotation. On our DIYnamics-inspired turntable for our “dry theory to juicy reality” project, Torge and I came up with a fun way to illustrate the importance of full body rotation in […]

It’s bugging me that I don’t really understand what’s going on here or why… But look at how these eddies form on the beach right outside my window and for how long they persist!!

Eddies. Dips in the surface and shadows on the ground. I always get really fascinated by watching how eddies are generated by obstacles in a fluid. But it is especially exciting when you don’t only see the eddies because you see how they deform the surface, but when the water is clear enough so you […]

Rotating experiments in your kitchen. Do you know those Saturday mornings when you wake up and just know that you have to do oceanography experiments? I had one of those last weekend. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a rotating table at hand, but luckily most of my experiments work better than the exploding water balloon time-lapse […]