Friday, October 11, 2013

32 Mesmerizing GIFs That Will Make You Fall in Love with Science

2. A snowflake forms.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science

3. A magnet falls through a copper pipe.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science

4. Concentrated sulphuric acid is added to p-nitroaniline, and this happens.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science
Explanation with the video.

5. A rainbow forms in an Icelandic waterfall.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science
Taken from this video.

6. A white blood cell chases and engulfs this bacteria.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science
Make sure you watch to the end.

7. Luminol reacts with oxygen.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science

8. Liquid nitrogen + ping pong balls = endless fun.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science
(And tidying up.)

9. Earth’s ice and vegetation cycle over a year.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science
Based on images from NASA’s Visible Earth team.

10. A piece of metal is melted inside an electromagnet.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science
This one takes a while but is worth the wait.

11. A mimic octopus stops mimicking the ocean floor.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science

12. Smoke from a candle is set on fire.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science

13. A loop of plasma four times the size of the Earth erupts from the Sun.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science

14. A gallium spoon melts in hot water.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science

15. Hydrogen peroxide mixed with potassium iodide.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science
Makes something known as elephant’s toothpaste.

16. Flammable fluid in a glass jar.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science

17. A firework exploding in slow motion.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science

18. Ferrofluid in a glass bottle.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science

19. And magnetic putty swallowing a metal cube whole.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science

20. Ferrofluid forming into Christmas trees.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science

21. A superconductor levitates over a magnetic track.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science
It’s called the Meissner effect. Explanation in this video.

22. Seed pods exploding.

23. Sodium polyacrylate + water = artificial snow!

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science

24. A slinky falls in slow motion.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science
Watch the video.

25. Water is deflected with a charged rod.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science

26. The Elephant’s Trunk nebula in 3D.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science
J-P Metsavainio / astroanarchy.blogspot.fr
More nebula images here.

27. Tracking a jellyfish’s movements with green dye.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science

28. Supercooled water freezes on contact with ice.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science

29. Sulphur hexaflouride is much denser than air.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science
Don’t try this one at home: sulphur hexaflouride is almost 24,000 times more potent than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas.

30. Iron reacts with copper sulphate.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science

31. Iodine clock reaction.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science
Explanation from Periodic Videos.

32. A carnation frozen in liquid nitrogen is hit by a hammer.

32 Mesmerising GIFs That Will Make You Fall In Love With Science

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