How to Make a Hurricane on a Bubble

How do scientists mimic the physics of a hurricane on the surface of a bubble? What other types of crazy research are bubbles used for? Learn how to create colorful vortices on a bubble in your kitchen! instagram.com/thephysicsgirl facebook.com/thephysicsgirl twitter.com/thephysicsgirl physicsgirl.org Help us translate our videos! http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UC7DdEm33SyaTDtWYGO2CwdA&tab=2 Physics Girl has joined PBS Digital Studios! https://www.youtube.com/user/pbsdigitalstudios RESOURCES University of Bordeaux Experiment footage - CNRS http://videotheque.cnrs.fr/video.php?urlaction=visualisation&method=QT&action=visu&id=4175&langue=EN NASA Hurricane Footage https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=10&v=Z3Z_WuY_434 ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt6xI2p4kcU http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/video-view.cfm?Vid_ID=3102 NASA bubbles in Space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXsvy2tBJlU Paper on Hurricane Vortices: http://www.nature.com/srep/2013/131213/srep03455/full/srep03455.html Meuel, T., Xiong, Y. L., Fischer, P., Bruneau, C. H., Bessafi, M. and Kellay, H. Intensity of vortices: from soap bubbles to hurricanes. Scientific Reports 3, Article number: 3455 (2013). Footage used with permission from Hamid Kellay. Paper on Knotted Vortices: http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v9/n4/full/nphys2560.html Kleckner, D and Irvine, W. T. M. Creation and dynamics of knotted vortices. Nature Physics 9, 253–258 (2013) Footage used with permission from Dustin Kleckner. Paper on Popping Bubbles: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6133/720 R. I. Saye and J. A. Sethian, Multiscale Modeling of Membrane Rearrangement, Drainage, and Rupture in Evolving Foams, Science, 340(6133), 720–724 (2013). Footage used with permission from James Sethian and Robert Saye For suggestions on how to set up lighting for filming bubbles, check out ShanksFX video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODfj3Tw6oE4