Magic Bubble Chain

Today my Dad called me over to the kitchen sink to see a natural phenomenon that he just happened to spot out of the corner of his eye. A wet dish towel was draped over a coffee mug sitting in a shallow layer of water inside the sink and water was slowly (and steadily) dripping into the water. However, as the drops fell, they passed through a layer of soapy detergent bubbles. Immediately, seemingly simultaneously, a little bubble would rocket out and away from the drip area, propelled quickly over to a blue tupperware lid, which they would bounce off of, changing their vector and sending them gliding out into a "bay" where they would finally burst. It was pretty magical.... would love to know the physics involved with this!!

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Education

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• bubbles
• detergent
• sink
• drip
• drop
• water
• bubble
• bounce
• factory