Star-Shaped Screen Shockwaves
physics | shockwaves | slow motion | the backyard scientist
A few years back, Darren from Beyond Slow Motion teamed up with Kevin from The Backyard Scientist to check out an interesting phenomenon. When you toss an object at a wet section of a mesh screen, it creates a star-shaped shockwave. It’s barely visible to the naked eye, but when you slow it down with a high-speed camera, fascinating details emerge.
