posted June 24, 2010 01:38 AM         

http://www.hydrogen2oxygen.net/revolutionary-new-discoveries-about-water/

posted June 24, 2010 09:56 AM         

This is really cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRSK4k3D-50

But what happens when the drops fall from
a height higher than an inch off the surface?

And what is the effect with other liquids,
particularly, liquids with a convex meniscus,
like mercury?

I learned about the meniscus a few years ago.
Every time I watch the waves break, now,
I watch so sensitively for that moment
when the surface breaks into white.

At first, I just thought of the meniscus
as a thin film over the water; somehow
a part of the water, but in a liminal state,
being exposed to air above and water below,
providing both a bridge and a barrier
between those two worlds.

It wasn't until I looked it up that
I could see how it is really not a thing,
but, rather, an effect produced by the
curvature of the water as it corresponds
to the surface of the container.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meniscus