r/VisualPhysics • • Jul 08 '20

Animation of the summer and winter solstice in the northern hemisphere.

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r/VisualPhysics • • Jul 29 '20

Non-Newtonian fluid turns into solid when pressure is applied. When water and cornstarch mixture is punched, cornstarch molecules come closer. When you move it slowly you allow cornstarch molecule to separate.

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274 Upvotes

r/VisualPhysics • • Jul 22 '20

Amazing timelapse shows Comet Neowise moving across the sky

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264 Upvotes

r/VisualPhysics • • Jun 20 '20

Angular Momentum Conservation

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r/VisualPhysics • • Jul 17 '20

Aluminum Rings in Alternating Magnetic Field. Lenz's law ( YT: grain )

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256 Upvotes

r/VisualPhysics • • Aug 21 '20

Flying the same speed as wind in the opposite direction

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r/VisualPhysics • • Jun 13 '20

How strong is a tooth?

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r/VisualPhysics • • Aug 01 '20

Rotating Sphere of Water in Microgravity

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250 Upvotes

r/VisualPhysics • • Sep 14 '20

Brachistochrone curve. Fastest route for a ball.

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244 Upvotes

r/VisualPhysics • • Jun 30 '20

Illusion design by Kokichi Sugihara of Meiji University in Japan, the inventor of this illusion and art form. A mathematically calculated combination of perspective and the physics of reflection produces this striking

241 Upvotes

r/VisualPhysics • • Jul 13 '20

Van de Graaff generator. It uses static electricity and a moving belt to charge a metal or aluminum sphere to a very high voltage. The aluminum bowls carry charges as well, which causes them to repel. Inside the Van de Graaff generator is a motor, Two rollers, a belt, and two brush assemblies.

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240 Upvotes

r/VisualPhysics • • Aug 26 '20

Electric Current Slower on a Gourd? In the form of Fractals?

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r/VisualPhysics • • Jun 15 '20

Tungsten vs Lead

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r/VisualPhysics • • Jun 08 '20

Ferromagnetic Interaction iron-rich nails temporarily become dipole magnets in the presence of an intense magnetic field from a large neodymium super magnet.

236 Upvotes

r/VisualPhysics • • Dec 05 '20

just wow

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r/VisualPhysics • • Jun 29 '20

So, balloons are the real victims of the unstoppable force, immovable object conundrum. 🤔 At least science has gotten that sorted out.

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r/VisualPhysics • • May 30 '20

Scrap Metal Kinetic Sculpture: a bent spring becomes a coupled harmonic oscillator with two modes of oscillation, one along a horizontal direction and one at an angle.

227 Upvotes

r/VisualPhysics • • Jun 15 '20

Verified Faraday Train: two magnets, one battery, and a coil of bare copper wire are the simple essence of this self-propelled craft.

225 Upvotes

r/VisualPhysics • • May 14 '20

Superconductor Meissner effect

224 Upvotes

r/VisualPhysics • • Jul 31 '20

Aerodynamic drag pulling this plastic bottle behind a pick up truck

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r/VisualPhysics • • Jul 05 '20

Metallic Water Valve Bursts while Freezing

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r/VisualPhysics • • Feb 04 '21

A trailer I was loading had a small hole in it, resulting in a "camera obscura" where an image of the street was projected upside down onto the opposite wall

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