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The image stands as a testament to the unending wonders of science and the unfathomable depths of nature's complexities. A ferrofluid has transformed into an otherworldly landscape, an iron-rich liquid, shaped into innumerable spikes by magnetic forces. The intricate spiky mounds, resembling an alien terrain or a bizarre underwater flora, carry a stark metallic sheen. A play of light and dark accentuates each minute detail, granting an almost three-dimensional depth to the photograph. The result is a unique vision that teeters on the edge of the real and surreal. Straddling the domains of art and physics, this image by Duncan Rawlinson lays bare the fascinating contours of the invisible magnetic fields that surround us, bringing to life the abstract forms they can create. Each spike is an individual testament to this unseen force, a minute but powerful affirmation of the omnipresence of physics in our universe.
Students conduct fluid dynamics tests in the basement of Hammond Building. (Photo credit: Curtis Chan)
Something I wanted to try for a very long time and after many hours and days of trying different settings, colours, lightings etc. here's the result.