Experimental Soft Condensed Matter Group Harvard University, Prof. D. A. Weitz Cool Picture of the Moment

Air encapsulated in a drop of ethanol impacts a dry, glass plate. The collapse of the air bubble causes a jet of ethanol to rise out of the impact. The cylindrical jet proceeds to break up into droplets as dictated by the Rayleigh-Plateau instability.

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