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Pedrao_zao OP t1_j9qatz5 wrote

Replying to Orange_comfort (#1,946,635)

These are from a video i took but since i couldnt post it here i had to print the screen and make this collage. I thought it would look better with them side by side so I slided the left one a bit down

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Besunmin t1_j9qbc0n wrote

This is very very cool because it is very rare that the refraction index of two things match up.

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purdhamm t1_j9qdevf wrote

Wow it's almost like you lifted it up and cropped out your fingers. Karma farming is getting worse and worse I swear.

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ImgurIsLeaking t1_j9qemgm wrote

Achshually it's invisible in the first pic too, we just see the air bubble that's trapped inside of it!

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virgilreality t1_j9qf3sk wrote

The liquid is the same density as the tube, so no refraction\lensing occurs as light shifts from one to the other. As far as the photon is concerned, it's just about the same path to travel through both.

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crown_valley t1_j9qfram wrote

Have an upvote, finally something that really is mildly interesting on here

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Obar-Dheathain t1_j9qgowm wrote

I mean, I definitely see it in both pictures?

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B15h73k t1_j9qi3au wrote

Something something index of refraction.

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Milnoc t1_j9rc3f7 wrote

Replying to Pedrao_zao (#1,946,359)

That's correct! This exact phenomenon was a question in the Gaki no Tsukai's New Year's Batsu Scientists special and included a demonstration with a glass submerged in salad oil. The glass vanished!

"It's a science!" 😁

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dustin91 t1_j9sbvke wrote

Took my multiple watches before realizing I needed to go full screen on my phone 🙄

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Crabmeatz t1_j9t0jmg wrote

Peak mildlyinteresting! Nice post.

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no1cromo t1_j9t9f1g wrote

Insert a joke about me filling up your mum and her being invisible to me after I’m done but written more witty.

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gay_for_glaceons t1_j9tam9l wrote

Replying to Pedrao_zao (#1,946,844)

I've seen demonstrations of people dunking things into fluid with the same IOR before, but showing the same effect by using an eyedropper like this makes it look way more interesting.

You could probably make some pretty cool stuff with this effect, like a snowglobe with figures that will randomly "disappear", or a clock made out of air bubbles inside of a thin tank.

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Ferosch t1_j9tb1v1 wrote

so that black bar at the top definitely isn't hiding the fact that you just pulled the tube up?

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TheBatemanFlex t1_j9ti5gf wrote

You play a dangerous game. This is getting mighty close to moderately interesting.

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