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Red
water balloons were dropped onto a flat cloth-covered surface. A contact trigger was placed beneath
the cloth. Each water balloon was dropped onto the trigger, which set off a Vivitar 283 flash unit. A
Sony DKC-FP3 digital still camera with an aperture of f/5.6 and shutter speed of
1 second was used to record each image.
The
balloon began flattening upon impact. In all of the photos, ripples on the balloon
are visible. The
balloon behaves like a large water drop that doesn't splash.
For the previous series of photos of water
drops in a short fall,
the surface tension of the water was sufficient to maintain the
integrity of the drop as it collided with the table. For the
water balloon drops, the water acted like a large drop held together
by the strong tension force provided by the balloon skin.
In
the latter two images, the balloon is rebounding from the table.
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