Mathematicians have weighed in and analyzed these things to a fare-thee-well, over at least a century, as far back as Lord Rayleigh. I recall reading an article in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics in the 1990s in which the impact of a droplet was analyzed and the size and velocity of the ejected droplets determined. The particular phenomenon shown in the video is important in the transport of salt laden seawater on shore from winds. The breakup of surf is an important source as droplets fall back to the sea and generate small droplets more easily borne by the winds. Roger On 13 Nov 2009, at 11:52 AM, ADavidhazy wrote: > Don, > > High speed digital video has opened up "our eyes" to many interesting phenomena that could have been looked at with film but it was much harder and time consuming so these new views on our world are "neat" to see. My lab now has a camera with similar capabilities. The "task" now is to find events to photograph. Much like in still photography! > > Of course, beyond the technology the most effective high speed clips also are well lit and compositionally strong. 50% techy - 50% arty! ;) > > andy > Roger Eichhorn Professor Emeritus University of Houston eichhorn@xxxxxx
