Surfing closeup (VIDEO)

PNAS Nexus

Caption

High speed video of CARL swimming into and surfing the vortex ring. Particle streaks are shown in the reference frame of the vortex ring to visualize the boundary and shape of the vortex ring. Video is played at 20% or 1/5th real-time speed.

Credit

John O. Dabiri and Peter Gunnarson

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