Introduction

    For this experiment, we photographed the splash of a milk drop into a container of milk.  To make the photographs original and creative, we decided to dye the stationary milk and the dropping milk two different colors.  By doing this, it is possible to see just how a milk splash works, and which parts of the splash come from which portion of milk.  Our goal in this experiment was just that: to discover how the mechanics of a milk splash works, and to better understand the process of the drop and the stationary milk meeting.  After the experiment was done, we found some interesting things.  For example, when a drop of milk hits the liquid surface, it enters very spherical in shape, but then spreads out all along the edge of the splash.  When the splash comes back in on itself and makes the column, the milk drop comes back together and essentially reforms into a sphere.  So, the milk that was dropped into the saucer in the beginning is still intact at the end of the splash, even though it was completely dispersed halfway through the splash process.

All pictures are copyright Trevor Shannon, Carl Schissler, and Donovan Patterson.