image: These are sequential still frames from a video filmed at 10,000fps. Each frame is 1/10,000 of a second. The mushroom cloud with a trailing wake is clearly visible. This image relates to an article that appeared in the July 23, 2010, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. D.L. Whitaker at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., and colleagues is titled, "Sphagnum Moss Disperses Spores with Vortex Rings." view more
Credit: Image courtesy of Clara Hard, Joan Edwards and Dwight Whitaker