Water balloons bursting in bullet-time

Proving once again that science and fun go hand-in-hand, the following videos show water balloons bursting, shot at around 1000 frames per second. Played back at regular rates, the videos are slow enough to show the surface of the water tearing from the snapping rubber, leaving a pleasing ball of water hovering mid-air.

For those that doubt the scientific merit of water balloons, I direct you here, where you can see NASA scientists getting wet and wild, bursting water balloons in low gravity and trying to catch the water blobs before their DC-9 bottoms out of its freefall.

Add comment April 4th, 2007