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A bubble of air inside a droplet of water in space. (i.imgur.com)

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[–]WiseManZero 123 points124 points ago

|A bubble of air inside a droplet of water inside a bubble of air in space.

FTFY

[–]Lolwatnaw 52 points53 points ago

Yo dawg...

[–]Theorex 38 points39 points ago

I'm glad we've evolved to the point that saying the entire bit is no longer necessary, saves a lot of time.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.

[–]Theorex 1 point2 points ago

This here, this gets a medal, all the up-votes to you. Great episode of TNG and an incredibly on point link, fascinating way language changes, perhaps the Reddit of the future will only be gifs, what am I talking about that's Reddit right now.

[–]Malgas 0 points1 point ago

whatareyoutalkingabout.gif

[–]moderndayvigilante 8 points9 points ago

The internet is a magical place.

I am truly grateful to be able to experience the internet in my lifetime.. and you should all be, too.

[–]poon-is-food 4 points5 points ago

Its not like future generations will be able to.

[–]initialsdrummer 4 points5 points ago

We can go deeper.

[–]bleedgr33n 5 points6 points ago

I can't help it..... "That's what she said."

I'm so sorry.

[–]Quaytsar 0 points1 point ago

That

    -She

FTFY

[–]Mattson 2 points3 points ago

technically it's an anti bubble

[–]iama_brick 3 points4 points ago

They then need to put a smaller droplet of water in the bubble of air inside a droplet of water inside a bubble of air in space.

[–]iampayette 6 points7 points ago

there are microscopic vaporized particles of water suspended in that air... which must have dissolved air molecules inside of them...

[–]miraclerandy 1 point2 points ago

SCIENCE'd!

[–]AH17708 0 points1 point ago

Recursion..Psycholinguistics paid off for something today.

[–]Eggzoob27 0 points1 point ago

http://i.imgur.com/6lkiS.png

[–]Azzwagon 0 points1 point ago

Isn't everything inside a bubble of air in space?

[–]Snookerman 1 point2 points ago

Woah dude...

[–]Putidri 39 points40 points ago

Sorry Reddit, it's NOT Dr. Evil. It's the Dutch astronaut André Kuipers http://i.imgur.com/7zxyi.jpg, whom you all know of course thanks to the "11244 Andrekuipers" main belt asteroid http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=11244

[–]henkiedepenkie 3 points4 points ago

He's only well known with Dutch school children, he spend half his time in the space station talking to and growing plants with them. Still he had some time to pose for this wonderful photograph.

[–]DOLLAR_POST 3 points4 points ago

He did much more up there than just talking to children, things also of great value. Perhaps also things of lesser value, but he was still a great asset to the whole program.

[–]ob3ypr1mus 2 points3 points ago

i still remember doing the big "André Kuipers" test like a million years ago.

[–]KnightsWhoSayNii 2 points3 points ago

Also known to everyone at the aerospace facility at TUDelft. Many think his ideas are quite "out there" and a bit "mad scientist", but that's his appeal (I worked with him before).

Dumbass edit: I'm an idiot, and was thinking of Wubbo Ockels instead of of Andre Kuipers. I meet/worked briefly with both but got the names mixed up.

[–]Lucky_Striker 2 points3 points ago

But he's not as far off his rocker as Chriet Titulaer, the Dutch national futurism guru.

[–]Lenten1 2 points3 points ago

The weird thing is, I've only heard this name once before; in a rap song.

[–]Lucky_Striker 0 points1 point ago

That's quite possible, he is also the Dutch national tech-joke, due to a TV show he had in the '80s and the very strong accent he presented it in.

Fascinating to watch again because it's 30 years old, but could as well be 300... Where his fantastic beard does not help.

[–]Lenten1 0 points1 point ago

For the Dutch: Dio ft. De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig - Ruimteschip

[–]Eloquium 2 points3 points ago

For the rest of the world: The Dutch apologize for this music.

[–]polandpower 1 point2 points ago

Deeply apologize. Just after the world had gotten over 90's hardcore..

[–]Lenten1 0 points1 point ago

You just can't hate on DJVT. While this is not a great song, it's still a funny one when not taken seriously. Just like a lot of their songs.

[–]Eloquium 0 points1 point ago

I was mainly talking about Dio though. De Jeugd have actually created something original a few times!

Unfortunately, most Dutch hip-hop is terrible, in my opinion... Got any tips?

[–]Lucky_Striker 1 point2 points ago

And for those wondering: No, it's not Ronnie James Dio. Not by a long shot.

[–]KnightsWhoSayNii -1 points0 points ago

Leave it to Dutch rap to be able to sing progressively about astronauts.. also about niggas, bitches n' shit.

[–]mahade 1 point2 points ago

I'm a Dutch guy and I haven't heard about any of his out-there ideas, could you share a few interesting ones? Always interesting to know what our local greater minds think about :)

[–]KnightsWhoSayNii 3 points4 points ago

Solar panels EVERYWHERE. I do a lot of sustainable studies and research and he throws a lot of easy on paper, hard on applicability ideas.

One idea was to cover the entire "Afsluitdijk" with solar panels which would be able to theoretically power every car on that long dyke road. Obviously this means a larger problem of converting to electric cars (which aren't yet all that sustainable ATM for different reasons).

Another idea is the "Superbus" which I had the pleasure of doing some minor work with carbon-fiber. It's part taxi, part bus, part train, part sports car, all electric, some 80% carbon-fiber (and part man-bear-pig). It's basically a shared taxi that goes 300km/h which sounds awesome until you realise you'd need to build special designated roads for just that vehicle, to reach those speeds safely. It's an awesome concept yet difficult to integrate with the Dutch transport network.

Edit: as pointed before, I am accidentally talking about Wubbo Ockels instead of Andre Kuipers. I'm a dumbass.

[–]R_Schuhart 0 points1 point ago

Ha, i remember that idea from a lecture at UU, where (environmental) policy scientists were debating how plans can go wrong if engineers and beta scientists come up with technical solutions without proper policy implementation or problem analysis/management. I think he is the subject of more then one joke...

He comes across as a genuinely nice guy, but i always get the feeling that he can be very tiring at times.

[–]Denathe 1 point2 points ago

You're speaking of (atleast with the superbus) our only other astronaut Wubbo Ockels inventions, not Andre Kuiper's..

Ockels had a brain aneurysm some years ago btw, why he's slower etc now.

[–]KnightsWhoSayNii 0 points1 point ago

You're correct, I'm an idiot for thinking of the wrong guy. I meet both briefly and got them mixed up

[–]mahade -1 points0 points ago

Hmm. Well, I guess thinking big is one way to leave your footprints behind. If he would cover the Afsluitdijk with solar panels and applies that to the regular powergrid (instead of cars) that would probably create a lot of clean power.

Being able to charge electric cars, though... does he mean that they are charged whilst driving on the road? Because that would be awesome in many ways. Conceptually unique and a great way to stimulate electric car use, especially if use of that road is free.

The Superbus seems impractical beyond reason, but... is a separate lane could be created on highways spanning several cities stemming from one central hub it might work, think about Utrecht being the central city, then straight lines leading to:

  • Amsterdam (40 km)
  • Rotterdam (55 km)
  • Groningen (180 km)
  • Arnhem (65 km)
  • Eindhoven (90 km)
  • Maastricht (180 km) (one stop in Eindhoven)
  • Enschede (140 km)

If it's affordable it would be quite incredible, actually. Depends heavily on the capacity of the bus and how frequently they'll drive. If one leaves every 10 minutes (on the condition of being at least 50% full) it would make sense...

Or even better: screw the NS and replace all public (non-transport) train tracks with designated roads for the Superbus. That way a little bit of frost, leafs or rain won't make the NS panic and stop everything :P

[–]lily_gulmohar 18 points19 points ago

I wonder how many here can explain what's with the inverted/reverted position of the reflections?

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[–]Zippy129 10 points11 points ago

That is pretty much correct, but in this case, because the drop of water acts as a converging lens, and as the mans face is quite clearly outside of the focal point of this lens, the image will appear as enlarged and inverted. This is then nullified by the fact that there is another converging lens in the form of the air bubble.

[–]AverageGiraffe 7 points8 points ago

Science up in this mother fucker!

[–]Zippy129 4 points5 points ago

Yeah Science!!

[–]NestyFlair 4 points5 points ago

6 people here can explain that.

[–]aitchfourex 10 points11 points ago

Goddammit space makes EVERYTHING better.

Except cereal.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

Just like cheese. It makes everything better, except cereal.

[–]Leadstripes 0 points1 point ago

Also, blood pressure is somewhat lower, which would mean smaller erections... To quote Rich Hall: "In space, noone can hear you apologize"

[–]cuy2jo 2 points3 points ago

Where have I seen this before?

http://karmadecay.com/d.thumbs.redditmedia.com/oWaOyF4wQEvmaO03.jpg

[–]StewieBanana 1 point2 points ago

I, StewieBanana, declare this a fucking awesome picture.

[–]comfortableenough 3 points4 points ago

I thought the man behind it was Dr. Evil.

[–]danman11 2 points3 points ago

They do look kind of similar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Kuipers

[–]fucknenoow 0 points1 point ago

[+] YEAH I AGREE...

[–]datonester 0 points1 point ago

this is really cool

[–]DrunkenAss 0 points1 point ago

Video

[–]kabukistar 2 points3 points ago

A face inside a face inside a face.

[–]AC9Stang 1 point2 points ago

We need to go deeper.

[–]legendairy 1 point2 points ago

Inside Dr Evil's Big Boy space shuttle.

[–]totally-unrelated 1 point2 points ago

Probably not related.

[–]What_is_it 2 points3 points ago

Can anyone explain why the reflections in his eyes are heptagons? are those kinds of things always heptagonal (like when sunshine reflects off eyelashes, etc.)?

EDIT: Like this http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/bokeh,heptagon/Interesting

[–]m0arcowbell 1 point2 points ago

It has do do with the shape of the aperture of the camera lens. Here is an example with a heart shaped aperture, This is a star shaped aperture, and one with arrow shaped aperture

[–]What_is_it 0 points1 point ago

Ooh cool thanks

[–]how_do_i_bacon 7 points8 points ago

This isn't even a month old and it's on r/pics again.

[–]amichaux 11 points12 points ago

We'll see it again next week too, don't worry...

[–]poo_22 9 points10 points ago

But I haven't seen it, its new to me. Oh wait that's my fucking problem, op is still an asshole.

[–]asboans[S] 2 points3 points ago

No really I'm a nice guy

[–]jaywalker32 1 point2 points ago

Are you new here or something?

[–]how_do_i_bacon 0 points1 point ago

I've been here around August, so I guess I'm pretty new. I've seen the quality of reddit degrade a lot since summer started, but I don't know if that has any relation.

[–]mr_commodore 3 points4 points ago

Yo dawg, i heard you like bubbles

[–]carpa -2 points-1 points ago

Yo dawg, i heard you like reposts

FTFY

[–]albatrossnecklassftw 0 points1 point ago

A face inside an upside down face inside a face? Cooooool

[–]Smack23j 0 points1 point ago

Meta

[–]alextheangry 0 points1 point ago

Why don't they add another water bubble? It might be nice.

[–]crabMentality 0 points1 point ago

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED !?

[–]danddel 0 points1 point ago

now it needs a drop inside the bubble of air

[–]connorado 0 points1 point ago

is that doctor evil in the background?

[–]Supersable 0 points1 point ago

can you hear the song of the repost?

[–]Blakking800 0 points1 point ago

I wonder what time it is there

[–]fromthebark 0 points1 point ago

Keyser Söze?

[–]Syclops 1 point2 points ago

I'm not a buoyancy expert by any means, so i have some questions: if the water was still, would the air remain inside of the bubble? For an extended period of time? would it be possible to put another water droplet in the middle of the air? or would the bubble just disperse in all directions (because of lack of gravity).

[–]someotherdudethanyou 0 points1 point ago

I've been debating the first question for a while with my dad.

In the absence of gravitational acceleration, the air bubble wouldn't float to the surface, but we're not sure if there would be any significant centering force. It seems to me the surface tension of the water could hold the air bubble in a stable equilibrium for a while, but I'm not sure how long.

If you put another water droplet in the middle of the air it would not immediately disperse, but if it got too close to the edge of the water it would be encouraged to merge with the rest of the water. It would be essentially the same as a drop of water in the air of a spaceship. It would float around as a droplet, but eventually collide with the wall.

I just searched this and was pretty surprised with what I saw. It looks like the bubbles are much more stable than I thought. I did not realize, but water is able to bounce rather well. So even though it will eventually hit the wall of the bubble, if it does so with a moderate velocity it will bounce off instead of sticking to the wall. Pretty cool.

Definitely check this video out.

[–]jbruce 0 points1 point ago

H2O2?

[–]youbead 0 points1 point ago

It actually an antibubble

[–]steak820 0 points1 point ago

I love the doofy grin on the astronauts face, like he's seen something his monkey ass was never meant to see.

[–]Gimli_the_Elf 0 points1 point ago

I learned about this phenomenon in school...the light gets inverted cus of physics.

[–]matics 0 points1 point ago

Space is pretty fucking cool, right?

I mean, it's probably the coolest fucking thing I can think of.

I fucking love space.

[–]fromanator 0 points1 point ago

Someone needs to photoshop xzibit's face in that picture instead.

[–]Gabe_b 0 points1 point ago

One Million Dollars!

[–]sirukin 0 points1 point ago

What happens when you shine a high powered laser through it?

[–]weird-oh 0 points1 point ago

Where do they get all those wonderful toys?

[–]electro_gretzky 0 points1 point ago

Could this be extrapolated further? Like multiple layers inside of multiple layers by using some sort of injection method? Could be awesome with different color-tinted water.

[–]phanfare 0 points1 point ago

REFRACTION!!!!!

[–]Lokikong 0 points1 point ago

Remind me of an eye or something.

[–]jingle82 0 points1 point ago

Billions well spent.

[–]ellenstraub 0 points1 point ago

This picture has inspired me to become an astronaut just so I can do this.

[–]YaSu288 0 points1 point ago

Someone pleeaaase Nic Cage this.

[–]leinterestingman 0 points1 point ago

Bubbleception!

[–]Blake_AKA_Blake 1 point2 points ago

Jesus Christ Marie

-Hank

[–]Eloquium 0 points1 point ago

Lost in the comments, I just want to tell you that I laughed at yours. Thanks :]

[–]Blake_AKA_Blake 0 points1 point ago

Thanks! Glad someone appreciates my humor

[–]nu0r 0 points1 point ago

He looks somehow familiar...

[–]mootz4 0 points1 point ago

I feel like this kind of thing could be used to make super advanced telescopes in space...however I also know nothing about science so probably not...

[–]devizkit 0 points1 point ago

This depresses me and excites.

[–]supernova812 0 points1 point ago

PHYSICS!

[–]i_photoshop_your_pic 1 point2 points ago

http://i.imgur.com/Ud3v8.jpg

[–]dylanrush 1 point2 points ago

I feel like 90% of the "experiments" conducted in the space shuttle were astronauts just dicking around with water and shit.

[–]durpdurpdurp 0 points1 point ago

Dem teef...

[–]Flench 0 points1 point ago

This took my breath away for some reason.

[–]ModernRonin -1 points0 points ago

SUP DAWG, I HERD U LIEK REFRACTIONS...

[–]herrjoe 0 points1 point ago

I once watched a video of this kind of stuff on 'hippy.com'. Yes I was 12, and yes I was visiting random URLs.

After watching it, my friend and I forgot how to spell chicken.

[–]GS540 0 points1 point ago

Hank.......?

[–]seruch 0 points1 point ago

They need to make some bad ass drinks in the space.

[–]In_money_we_Trust 0 points1 point ago

loving all these reposts at the moment. love seeing the same thing more than twice.

[–]waker7281 0 points1 point ago

REPOST

[–]possum1313 0 points1 point ago

Fushigi!!!!

[–]NickPickle05 0 points1 point ago

It gets even more crazy with you think about the fact that thats all going on inside a giant air bubble in the space station. So its really an air bubble in a water bubble in an air bubble. Yo dawg lol.

[–]AceSea130 0 points1 point ago

repost

[–]Necessarily 0 points1 point ago

So we heard you like to look at air caught in a bubble of water caught in a bubble of air, so we put this air into a bubble of bigger air so that you can karma karma KARMA KARMA KARMA

[–]TheEvertonDawg11 0 points1 point ago

A dream inside of a dream, inside of a dream, inside of a dream?

[–]davis98 0 points1 point ago

Repost

[–]proxy47 0 points1 point ago

damn this made me lol.

[–]CountMalachi 0 points1 point ago

Why are the gleams from his eyes hexagons?

[–]thefatfriar -1 points0 points ago

Inception!

[–]sheep_shagger 1 point2 points ago

A bubble in water, floating inside a man made metal bubble in space.

[–]ryan_nadon 0 points1 point ago

ITT: bad inception jokes.

[–]asboans[S] 2 points3 points ago

I was considering such a joke for the title then came to the conclusion that none were at all funny.

[–]2013orBust -1 points0 points ago

Fucking motherfucking repost. Sorry guys, I've seen too many reposts lately and it's pissing me off a bit.

[–]teambroto 0 points1 point ago

give yourself a few more months on reddit

[–]2013orBust 0 points1 point ago

Been here longer than most. Just seems like I am seeing more in the past week.

[–]spiederman -1 points0 points ago

andré kuipers, blablabla dutch astronaut bla bla bla ISS bla bla bla REPOST

[–]evolvish -1 points0 points ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyRv8bNDvq4

[–]CaptainTrips00 -1 points0 points ago

re-post from a month ago

[–]AngelixArch -1 points0 points ago

Repost!

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

Repost.

[–]nutellachicken4 -1 points0 points ago

dafuq did i just see

[–]SexxyPony -1 points0 points ago

Now you're thinking in portals.

[–]PaperStreetSoap -1 points0 points ago

Have you ever seen a bubble of air inside a droplet of water in space, on weed?

[–]Mysteriousdoor -1 points0 points ago

Just think of all the light reflections that went out to make the image on the airbubble.

[–]hatyn -1 points0 points ago

i want more pics of experiments

[–]Bemmer -1 points0 points ago

why is the image upside down?

[–]Ahthurungnone -1 points0 points ago

I cried because of its beauty

[–]teebthedweeb -2 points-1 points ago

REPOST!

[–]darkharlequin -1 points0 points ago

a repost inside a repost inside a repost.

[–]CtrlC_plus_CtrlV -3 points-2 points ago

Dr. Evil's on the ISS?

[–]MrAsystole -2 points-1 points ago

10 Guy is high as shit right now... literally... relative to the distance from the surface of the earth. Do you guys get it?

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