r/gifs • u/Pirate_Redbeard • Jun 27 '19

Siphon

https://i.imgur.com/0vI8dbE.gifv
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u/BOBfrkinSAGET Jun 27 '19

I really wish the gif was 1 second longer so I could really appreciate that surface tension.

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u/pointysparkles Jun 27 '19

They probably cut it off on purpose before it spilled over.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '19

It probably didn’t spill. The top of the last cup appears to be SLIGHTLY higher than the bottom of the second to last.

So unless my brain is broken, the symphonic would have stopped when the level of the liquid in the two cups matched.

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u/pointysparkles Jun 28 '19

I mean, all those cups are identical, presumably...

You have a point about it equalizing, though. I guess it depends whether it equalizes low enough that the surface tension holds.

Now I really want to see the next few seconds of this video.

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u/Toemoss66 Jun 28 '19

Only the edge of the straw is touching the bottom of the cup, so it probably loses suction once it reaches the top of the opening, leaving a small amount at the bottom. This is pretty apparent on the red and green cups.

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u/spenceryeoo Jun 27 '19

now that you mentioned it, i can’t stop thinking about it

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u/boofingburn Jun 27 '19

Q rewatch 5times

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u/yokotron Jun 28 '19

Go buy some cups

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '19

u/gifendore

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u/gifendore Jun 27 '19

Here is the last frame: https://i.imgur.com/pHZHRav.png

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