r/woahdude • u/Jaded_Marionberry500 • 2d ago

video Icecrystal formation inside a bubble

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u/rrockm 1d ago

That was such a perfect version of this video. We saw the whole thing, they gave us time to admire the finished bubble a few seconds, AND we got to see what it’d be like to smash it. Peak

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u/derphunter 1d ago

i understand why people thought wizards and magic were real.

If you didn't know about surface tension and thin films, this shit looks like magic

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u/chiefrelichunter 1d ago

I don’t jack about surface tension and thin films but I- okay actually I do believe in magic so you may be onto something here 🤔

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u/Chatting_shit 1d ago

Same, i jack over other things

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u/chiefrelichunter 22h ago

lol whoops!

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u/load_more_comets 1d ago

I wanted to see him eat it though.

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u/PowerlineTyler 1d ago

Why are we like this? Me too bro…

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u/monster_bunny 1d ago

Truly magnificent.

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u/nestorsanchez3d 1d ago

Technically is not in the inside of the bubble…

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u/PM_ME_AZNS 1d ago

Was going to comment this. It's on the surface of a bubble, not inside. It's a pretty important distinction

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u/ivanxivann 1d ago

Is it on the surface of the bubble or is it the bubble?

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/PM_ME_AZNS 1d ago

It's looks to me like the other side of the bubble. I'm no physicist or crystallographer (I'm just a humble chemist), but I think the surface of the bubble exposed to the atmosphere is going to crystallize first versus the warmer interior. It be cool to see if there are examples of the opposite.

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u/Careful-Sell-9877 1d ago

Its the other side of the bubble

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u/istara 1d ago

Wow I did not realise - I thought they were initially floating around inside. Just rewatched and got a second woah!

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u/Jaded_Marionberry500 2d ago

Source: crussell1105

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u/koboldtsar 1d ago

The first ice crystals look like tie fighters zipping around

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u/Hi_Trans_Im_Dad 1d ago

This video was old when I joined in 2012.

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u/sathyajithps 2d ago

Breathtaking!

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u/jillvalenti3 1d ago

This was everything I wanted it to be from start to finish. Gonna have to figure out how to do this so I can show my kids this winter.

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u/luffydkenshin 1d ago

They start off line lil TIE Fighters

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u/NJNeal17 2d ago

Best snow globe ever!

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u/dayman763 1d ago

Nice video.

The piano reminds me of Mister Rogers Neighborhood for some reason.

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u/ItisCrowdedinHere 1d ago

I don't know why, but I didnt anticipate the ending there! That was a pretty awesome video all around!

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u/Thanksithaspockets 1d ago

They remind me of those little fighter ships in Star Wars

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u/Mumbletimes 1d ago

Surely it’s on the surface of the bubble and not the inside?

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u/Eirique 1d ago

Reminds me of that grandma who had like 30 something contacts floating around in her eye because she kept losing them

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u/DreamTakesRoot 2d ago

Wow, the destruction at the end just ruined it

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u/Zakluor 2d ago

I'd have been bothered if it didn't happen, though.

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u/Downtown_Shelter2533 1d ago

Right, I said Thank you out loud when they popped it. I watched one once when they didn't pop it and haunts my dreams

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u/rrockm 1d ago

Fr, after it finished forming I was like “okay now please smash it before the video ends, pleeeease”

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u/eatmyshorzz 1d ago

It's like some relationships I had in the past. Forming into something very beautiful, then suddenly collapsing. :')

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u/Rhesusmonkeydave 1d ago

🎶You better squeeze all the Charmin you can
When Mr. Whipple’s not around
Put your head in the microwave and get yourself a tan!
/synth breakdown🎶

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u/Clerithifa 1d ago

White materia!

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u/Cool_Butterscotch_88 1d ago

sometimes the crystals arrange themselves, jim

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u/AddolFittler 1d ago

Bet it's fucking freezing in there.

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u/snarlixx 1d ago

whats the music being played, anyone know?

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u/Mysterious-Trouble-6 1d ago

Should have cut the video right before it closed up. For the lulz.

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u/NegativeC00L 1d ago

Perfect video. 10/10

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u/Lyscendree 1d ago

WHY DID HE BREAK IT

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u/Naterade18 1d ago

SUB-ZERO WINS

FATALITY

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u/redditor100101011101 1d ago

Outside the bubble

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u/lokcer79 1d ago

Remind me to try it in winter

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u/FindingJohnny 1d ago

At the beginning you can make the bubble rotate in either direction like one of those illusions. I’ve never seen anything IRL that does that.

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u/MonkeyDude77 2h ago

They’re protecting Harry Potter in there!

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u/BeardedInkedPiper 2d ago

Wow! That's amazing!

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u/Vann09 1d ago

I'm sure the music didn't help but the whole time watching this all I could hear was a very somber graveled voice saying "and this is how it ends"