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  1. Mirabilite Mounds at Great Salt Lake

    In cold weather, a new geological feature has shown up at Utah’s Great Salt Lake in the last decade. These salty mirabilite mounds form terraced crystals that resemble Yellowstone’s Mammoth Hot Springs.

    Diagram showing how a salt-laden spring pushing upward through the mirabilite layer can then form mounds at the surface when the dissolved mirabilite recrystallizes after the water evaporates.

    Mirabilite is hydrated sodium sulfate (as opposed to the sodium chloride of table salt). The structures form when upwelling spring water partially dissolves the layer of mirabilite found beneath the lake bed. That sulfate-laden water rises to the surface, where it freezes into the crystals seen here.

    A timelapse showing the formation of mirabilite mounds.

    When temperatures rise above freezing, the water in the mirabilite evaporates, leaving behind white, powdery thenardite. (Video credit: Great Salt Lake Institute; image credit: Utah Geological Survey)

    #crystalGrowth #dissolution #evaporation #fluidDynamics #freezing #geophysics #physics #science
  2. Mirabilite Mounds at Great Salt Lake

    In cold weather, a new geological feature has shown up at Utah’s Great Salt Lake in the last decade. These salty mirabilite mounds form terraced crystals that resemble Yellowstone’s Mammoth Hot Springs.

    Diagram showing how a salt-laden spring pushing upward through the mirabilite layer can then form mounds at the surface when the dissolved mirabilite recrystallizes after the water evaporates.

    Mirabilite is hydrated sodium sulfate (as opposed to the sodium chloride of table salt). The structures form when upwelling spring water partially dissolves the layer of mirabilite found beneath the lake bed. That sulfate-laden water rises to the surface, where it freezes into the crystals seen here.

    A timelapse showing the formation of mirabilite mounds.

    When temperatures rise above freezing, the water in the mirabilite evaporates, leaving behind white, powdery thenardite. (Video credit: Great Salt Lake Institute; image credit: Utah Geological Survey)

    #crystalGrowth #dissolution #evaporation #fluidDynamics #freezing #geophysics #physics #science
  3. Mirabilite Mounds at Great Salt Lake

    In cold weather, a new geological feature has shown up at Utah’s Great Salt Lake in the last decade. These salty mirabilite mounds form terraced crystals that resemble Yellowstone’s Mammoth Hot Springs.

    Diagram showing how a salt-laden spring pushing upward through the mirabilite layer can then form mounds at the surface when the dissolved mirabilite recrystallizes after the water evaporates.

    Mirabilite is hydrated sodium sulfate (as opposed to the sodium chloride of table salt). The structures form when upwelling spring water partially dissolves the layer of mirabilite found beneath the lake bed. That sulfate-laden water rises to the surface, where it freezes into the crystals seen here.

    A timelapse showing the formation of mirabilite mounds.

    When temperatures rise above freezing, the water in the mirabilite evaporates, leaving behind white, powdery thenardite. (Video credit: Great Salt Lake Institute; image credit: Utah Geological Survey)

    #crystalGrowth #dissolution #evaporation #fluidDynamics #freezing #geophysics #physics #science
  4. Mirabilite Mounds at Great Salt Lake

    In cold weather, a new geological feature has shown up at Utah’s Great Salt Lake in the last decade. These salty mirabilite mounds form terraced crystals that resemble Yellowstone’s Mammoth Hot Springs.

    Diagram showing how a salt-laden spring pushing upward through the mirabilite layer can then form mounds at the surface when the dissolved mirabilite recrystallizes after the water evaporates.

    Mirabilite is hydrated sodium sulfate (as opposed to the sodium chloride of table salt). The structures form when upwelling spring water partially dissolves the layer of mirabilite found beneath the lake bed. That sulfate-laden water rises to the surface, where it freezes into the crystals seen here.

    A timelapse showing the formation of mirabilite mounds.

    When temperatures rise above freezing, the water in the mirabilite evaporates, leaving behind white, powdery thenardite. (Video credit: Great Salt Lake Institute; image credit: Utah Geological Survey)

    #crystalGrowth #dissolution #evaporation #fluidDynamics #freezing #geophysics #physics #science
  5. Mirabilite Mounds at Great Salt Lake

    In cold weather, a new geological feature has shown up at Utah’s Great Salt Lake in the last decade. These salty mirabilite mounds form terraced crystals that resemble Yellowstone’s Mammoth Hot Springs.

    Diagram showing how a salt-laden spring pushing upward through the mirabilite layer can then form mounds at the surface when the dissolved mirabilite recrystallizes after the water evaporates.

    Mirabilite is hydrated sodium sulfate (as opposed to the sodium chloride of table salt). The structures form when upwelling spring water partially dissolves the layer of mirabilite found beneath the lake bed. That sulfate-laden water rises to the surface, where it freezes into the crystals seen here.

    A timelapse showing the formation of mirabilite mounds.

    When temperatures rise above freezing, the water in the mirabilite evaporates, leaving behind white, powdery thenardite. (Video credit: Great Salt Lake Institute; image credit: Utah Geological Survey)

    #crystalGrowth #dissolution #evaporation #fluidDynamics #freezing #geophysics #physics #science
  6. “Crystal Garden – Seasons”

    In this latest project, the Beauty of Science team explores colorful crystallization as chemicals precipitate out of evaporating solutions. The variety of shapes and colors is incredible. To see many more of these crystalline “gardens,” check out the video below and the project’s webpage. (Video and image credit: W. Zhu/Beauty of Science; via Colossal)

    https://vimeo.com/1155318039?fl=pl&fe=cm

    #crystalGrowth #evaporation #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #physics #science #timelapse
  7. “Crystal Garden – Seasons”

    In this latest project, the Beauty of Science team explores colorful crystallization as chemicals precipitate out of evaporating solutions. The variety of shapes and colors is incredible. To see many more of these crystalline “gardens,” check out the video below and the project’s webpage. (Video and image credit: W. Zhu/Beauty of Science; via Colossal)

    https://vimeo.com/1155318039?fl=pl&fe=cm

    #crystalGrowth #evaporation #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #physics #science #timelapse
  8. “Crystal Garden – Seasons”

    In this latest project, the Beauty of Science team explores colorful crystallization as chemicals precipitate out of evaporating solutions. The variety of shapes and colors is incredible. To see many more of these crystalline “gardens,” check out the video below and the project’s webpage. (Video and image credit: W. Zhu/Beauty of Science; via Colossal)

    https://vimeo.com/1155318039?fl=pl&fe=cm

    #crystalGrowth #evaporation #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #physics #science #timelapse
  9. “Crystal Garden – Seasons”

    In this latest project, the Beauty of Science team explores colorful crystallization as chemicals precipitate out of evaporating solutions. The variety of shapes and colors is incredible. To see many more of these crystalline “gardens,” check out the video below and the project’s webpage. (Video and image credit: W. Zhu/Beauty of Science; via Colossal)

    https://vimeo.com/1155318039?fl=pl&fe=cm

    #crystalGrowth #evaporation #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #physics #science #timelapse
  10. “Crystal Garden – Seasons”

    In this latest project, the Beauty of Science team explores colorful crystallization as chemicals precipitate out of evaporating solutions. The variety of shapes and colors is incredible. To see many more of these crystalline “gardens,” check out the video below and the project’s webpage. (Video and image credit: W. Zhu/Beauty of Science; via Colossal)

    https://vimeo.com/1155318039?fl=pl&fe=cm

    #crystalGrowth #evaporation #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #physics #science #timelapse
  11. Our new paper in Technologies condenses ~20 years of research on InP nanostructures — from phase segregation to defect detection via selective electrochemical etching. Beyond science, enjoy the stunning “flower” & “parquet” morphologies! 👉 doi.org/10.3390/technologies13

    #nanomaterials #InP #nanoscience #crystalgrowth #materials

  12. Our new paper in Technologies condenses ~20 years of research on InP nanostructures — from phase segregation to defect detection via selective electrochemical etching. Beyond science, enjoy the stunning “flower” & “parquet” morphologies! 👉 doi.org/10.3390/technologies13

    #nanomaterials #InP #nanoscience #crystalgrowth #materials

  13. Our new paper in Technologies condenses ~20 years of research on InP nanostructures — from phase segregation to defect detection via selective electrochemical etching. Beyond science, enjoy the stunning “flower” & “parquet” morphologies! 👉 doi.org/10.3390/technologies13

    #nanomaterials #InP #nanoscience #crystalgrowth #materials

  14. Our new paper in Technologies condenses ~20 years of research on InP nanostructures — from phase segregation to defect detection via selective electrochemical etching. Beyond science, enjoy the stunning “flower” & “parquet” morphologies! 👉 doi.org/10.3390/technologies13

    #nanomaterials #InP #nanoscience #crystalgrowth #materials

  15. “C R Y S T A L S”

    In “C R Y S T A L S,” filmmaker Thomas Blanchard captures the slow, inexorable growth of potassium phosphate crystals. He took over 150,000 images — one per minute — to document the way crystals formed as the originally transparent liquid evaporated. Some crystals branch into fractals. Others bulge outward like a condensing cloud or a sprouting mushroom. (Video and image credit: T. Blanchard)

    #crystalGrowth #evaporation #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #physics #science #timelapse

  16. “C R Y S T A L S”

    In “C R Y S T A L S,” filmmaker Thomas Blanchard captures the slow, inexorable growth of potassium phosphate crystals. He took over 150,000 images — one per minute — to document the way crystals formed as the originally transparent liquid evaporated. Some crystals branch into fractals. Others bulge outward like a condensing cloud or a sprouting mushroom. (Video and image credit: T. Blanchard)

    #crystalGrowth #evaporation #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #physics #science #timelapse

  17. “C R Y S T A L S”

    In “C R Y S T A L S,” filmmaker Thomas Blanchard captures the slow, inexorable growth of potassium phosphate crystals. He took over 150,000 images — one per minute — to document the way crystals formed as the originally transparent liquid evaporated. Some crystals branch into fractals. Others bulge outward like a condensing cloud or a sprouting mushroom. (Video and image credit: T. Blanchard)

    #crystalGrowth #evaporation #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #physics #science #timelapse

  18. “C R Y S T A L S”

    In “C R Y S T A L S,” filmmaker Thomas Blanchard captures the slow, inexorable growth of potassium phosphate crystals. He took over 150,000 images — one per minute — to document the way crystals formed as the originally transparent liquid evaporated. Some crystals branch into fractals. Others bulge outward like a condensing cloud or a sprouting mushroom. (Video and image credit: T. Blanchard)

    #crystalGrowth #evaporation #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #physics #science #timelapse

  19. “C R Y S T A L S”

    In “C R Y S T A L S,” filmmaker Thomas Blanchard captures the slow, inexorable growth of potassium phosphate crystals. He took over 150,000 images — one per minute — to document the way crystals formed as the originally transparent liquid evaporated. Some crystals branch into fractals. Others bulge outward like a condensing cloud or a sprouting mushroom. (Video and image credit: T. Blanchard)

    #crystalGrowth #evaporation #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #physics #science #timelapse

  20. Ice Without Gravity

    Astronaut Don Pettit is back in space, and that means lots of awesome microgravity experiments. Here, he grew thin wafers of ice in microgravity in a -95 degree Celsius freezer. Then he took the ice wafers and photographed them between crossed polarizers, creating this colorful image. The colors highlight different crystal orientations within the ice and give us a hint about how the freezing front formed and expanded. I can’t wait to see more examples! (Image credit: D. Pettit/NASA; via Ars Technica; submitted by J. Shoer)

    #astronaut #crystalGrowth #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #iceFormation #microgravity #physics #polarizedLight #science

  21. Ice Without Gravity

    Astronaut Don Pettit is back in space, and that means lots of awesome microgravity experiments. Here, he grew thin wafers of ice in microgravity in a -95 degree Celsius freezer. Then he took the ice wafers and photographed them between crossed polarizers, creating this colorful image. The colors highlight different crystal orientations within the ice and give us a hint about how the freezing front formed and expanded. I can’t wait to see more examples! (Image credit: D. Pettit/NASA; via Ars Technica; submitted by J. Shoer)

    #astronaut #crystalGrowth #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #iceFormation #microgravity #physics #polarizedLight #science

  22. Ice Without Gravity

    Astronaut Don Pettit is back in space, and that means lots of awesome microgravity experiments. Here, he grew thin wafers of ice in microgravity in a -95 degree Celsius freezer. Then he took the ice wafers and photographed them between crossed polarizers, creating this colorful image. The colors highlight different crystal orientations within the ice and give us a hint about how the freezing front formed and expanded. I can’t wait to see more examples! (Image credit: D. Pettit/NASA; via Ars Technica; submitted by J. Shoer)

    #astronaut #crystalGrowth #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #iceFormation #microgravity #physics #polarizedLight #science

  23. Ice Without Gravity

    Astronaut Don Pettit is back in space, and that means lots of awesome microgravity experiments. Here, he grew thin wafers of ice in microgravity in a -95 degree Celsius freezer. Then he took the ice wafers and photographed them between crossed polarizers, creating this colorful image. The colors highlight different crystal orientations within the ice and give us a hint about how the freezing front formed and expanded. I can’t wait to see more examples! (Image credit: D. Pettit/NASA; via Ars Technica; submitted by J. Shoer)

    #astronaut #crystalGrowth #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #iceFormation #microgravity #physics #polarizedLight #science

  24. Ice Without Gravity

    Astronaut Don Pettit is back in space, and that means lots of awesome microgravity experiments. Here, he grew thin wafers of ice in microgravity in a -95 degree Celsius freezer. Then he took the ice wafers and photographed them between crossed polarizers, creating this colorful image. The colors highlight different crystal orientations within the ice and give us a hint about how the freezing front formed and expanded. I can’t wait to see more examples! (Image credit: D. Pettit/NASA; via Ars Technica; submitted by J. Shoer)

    #astronaut #crystalGrowth #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #iceFormation #microgravity #physics #polarizedLight #science

  25. Under a macro lens, even a petri dish worth of fluids comes vividly to life. Here, artist Scott Portingale explores crystallization, Marangoni effects, and other phenomena alongside a haunting soundtrack from musician Gorkem Sen. Enjoy! (Image and video credit: S. Portingale et al.)

    https://fyfluiddynamics.com/2024/11/chemical-somnia/

    #crystalGrowth #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #instability #marangoniEffect #physics #science #surfaceTension

  26. Under a macro lens, even a petri dish worth of fluids comes vividly to life. Here, artist Scott Portingale explores crystallization, Marangoni effects, and other phenomena alongside a haunting soundtrack from musician Gorkem Sen. Enjoy! (Image and video credit: S. Portingale et al.)

    https://fyfluiddynamics.com/2024/11/chemical-somnia/

    #crystalGrowth #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #instability #marangoniEffect #physics #science #surfaceTension

  27. Under a macro lens, even a petri dish worth of fluids comes vividly to life. Here, artist Scott Portingale explores crystallization, Marangoni effects, and other phenomena alongside a haunting soundtrack from musician Gorkem Sen. Enjoy! (Image and video credit: S. Portingale et al.)

    https://fyfluiddynamics.com/2024/11/chemical-somnia/

    #crystalGrowth #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #instability #marangoniEffect #physics #science #surfaceTension

  28. Under a macro lens, even a petri dish worth of fluids comes vividly to life. Here, artist Scott Portingale explores crystallization, Marangoni effects, and other phenomena alongside a haunting soundtrack from musician Gorkem Sen. Enjoy! (Image and video credit: S. Portingale et al.)

    https://fyfluiddynamics.com/2024/11/chemical-somnia/

    #crystalGrowth #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #instability #marangoniEffect #physics #science #surfaceTension