boston, massachusetts

may 1958

pumping a water rocket

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

© the Nick DeWolf Foundation

Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com

boston, massachusetts

may 1958

chasing the water rocket...

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

© the Nick DeWolf Foundation

Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com

soft translucent forms define the shape

I'm standing in the trough between two huge flood ripples on West Bar in Washington State. West Bar is eight miles (13km) west-southwest of Quincy. The height from trough-to-crest is about 35 feet (10.5m). The ripples were formed by ice age floods of huge proportion. Geotagging is approximate.

West Bar is described at the collection level.

red forms leap and curve

a cosmic, coloured species

distant galactic view

Food coloring in water, backlit by strobe

yellow form goes for the red

bubbled moon half in shadow

like falling through a space tunnel

boiling up inside

Pooling area in a small intermittent drainage channel in the Sand Flats Recreation Area (Moab, Utah).

Water flowed from left to right.

Width of scene is about 3 feet (0.9m).

Food coloring in water, backlit by strobe

liquid symmetry stretches outward

Studio shots, food colouring and milk dropped into water. Ref: D847-15

rays on the ray

A fluid dynamics experiment with various densities of fluids and colored dyes.

Below the yellow cage, sinuous greenish forms develop.

Shape devours shape

shaped like diatoms in the sea

trinidad california

ordered, symmetrical spill

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Freshly nickel-plated FAITH model for Fringe Imaging Skin Friction Interferometry tests, which necessitate a highly reflective and extremely smooth surface.

gold nebula with another form

sharp-edged liquid gold; soft patterning beneath

we can track the motion in many ways

Food coloring in water, backlit by strobe

similarities in natural forms

blue shapeshifter

different textures on different levels

cosmic magma flows in a different way

the most vivid colours may come to us in our dreams

detail of membrane-like surfaces with purple jets behind