Foucault Pendulum Timelapse

[BriceOnIce]

this is how they found the island in lost lol.

[KJMOrigami]

The new clock LOL

[Nilguiri]

Nice!

It would be interesting to use a very slow shutter speed to see a nice continuous blur instead of the pendulum jumping about so much.

[jasonguyperson]

Whew, good to know we're still rotating.

[REEKFEEL]

it is not the ball that is moving. everything else is.

[RoiDeMortetFleur]

looks like a clock , can you tell the time by the swings?

[KromBoy85]

@RoiDeMortetFleur

You should be able to with some calculations.

At the pole, the pendulum is supposed to have a close to 24 hour period, and the period changes depending on the latitude it is situated in.

[300Z31]

@KromBoy85 Right, it would get longer and longer as you moved directly South (assuming you started at the North Pole) and would approach infinity as you get to the Equator.

[jasonguyperson]

@RoiDeMortetFleur Yes, but anywhere other than the north or south pole will take some algebra to solve. This experiment is used to demonstrate the earth's rotation.

[ekkar]

thanks for sharing

[SatoTM3]

why doesnt it stop swinging...i mean it cant go on foerver can it?

[duprie37]

It doesn't stop swinging because there is an electromagnetic device which gives the pendulum its energy to swing, just like in your average quartz clock with decorative pendulum.

[HumanActivitySystem]

@duprie37 That's what I told my wife when she caught me at in the sack again with our neighbors.

[PRR5406]

Excellent use of time lapse to show the pendulum in its plane of motion. Great contribution for my classroom. Thanks!

[Dark1Masta]

Thanks for sharing !~!

[prank3shop2clerk0]

cool