Mock-up scenario of multiple cars drafting in a pseudo-highway setup. Cars not to scale, but as close as we could do with what we had on hand.

Taking off again ... left the stick behind

ink animation of an apparition

fast cosmic outgoings

ink in water macro photography

the beautiful world of fluid dynamics :: a study

This is the end of my 6-month appointment with the dentist. Teeth cleaned, etc. Only a small amount of crud to be scraped off, and that on my front lowers, their back sides. (Why?) Tartar buildup is apparently largely associated with your own genetics/biochemistry, and is not a particularly good way to to rate your brushing/flossing tendencies. Of course, if you never floss or brush, you will end up with bad teeth, no matter what, I suppose. I have become something of a floss maniac, after my initial visit to this dentist last summer.

a lacy creature with an all-seeing eye

shell form spreads and changes into wave forms

good to meet this one last week!

tracks and trails forming quickly

boston, massachusetts

may 1958

water rocket

grown men having fun with a water rocket and fluid dynamics. part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf

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2017 NSF CAREER: Three-Dimensional Unsteady Flow Interactions in Flocks and Schools

Keith Moored has specific interests in unsteady fluid mechanics, biological flying and swimming, vortex dynamics, fluid instability, multiple-body fluid interactions/boundary interactions, cell motility, active structures, tensegrity structures and cellular mechanics. He also has related interests in marine hydrokinetic and wind turbines. The approaches Moored uses are a combined program of theory, computations and experiments.

Moored's project focuses on extending our knowledge of the fluid dynamic interactions that occur in animal collectives: flocks, schools and swarms. The overarching research goal of the program is to understand the flow mechanisms that occur among unsteady, three-dimensional interacting bodies in complex arrangements. This will help scientists determine the sensitivity of biological networks in relation to overfishing, loss of habitat and the climate change.

fast, intricate, complex, red flow

(re-oriented, re-titled image - better like this)

Down - Milk & food dye, dropping down into water

where do the lines of force take us?

pondering the universe.

Part of West Bar, seen from Trinidad. The little peninsula is where I camped when I visited the bar. Shot in 2006 during a bus tour of Ice Age Flood features.

Using a wiffle ball to model a ribbon drogue (parachute) in a water channel.

flowing out amongst the stars

.. developing inside

white form envelops pink space

new systems of existence

jelly-textured blue-green organism gets it together

complexity within complexity within the landscape; the more we look, the more we see

not yet fully grown

Using a wiffle ball to model a ribbon drogue (parachute) in a water channel.

Using a wiffle ball to model a ribbon drogue (parachute) in a water channel.

Using a wiffle ball to model a ribbon drogue (parachute) in a water channel.

amazing what you find.

Using a wiffle ball to model a ribbon drogue (parachute) in a water channel.

defining the paths, then following them

Aerodynamics of an ice cream truck.

nature sculpting liquid

In this image, ink and paint are moving out fast, the gold paint forming a thin, shimmering film on the water's surface. An entry for the New Scientist Calendar 2009 Competition.

Using a wiffle ball to model a ribbon drogue (parachute) in a water channel.

Using a wiffle ball to model a ribbon drogue (parachute) in a water channel.

... light, colour, time ...