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Tuesday 17 April 2012

Strobe light makes water drops fall in slow motion

Using a reciprocating pump and a strobe light, we can make water drops appear to fall down (or up) in slow motion. This illusion is due to the periodic nature of the pump: each droplet forced out of the tube is almost identical to the preceding droplet so our eyes perceive the droplets moving slowly rather than falling quickly. You also can freeze-frame this video and use the ruler to make a crude measurement of the acceleration of gravity.

 

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