Extraordinary Toroidal Vortices

Extraordinary and beautiful examples of toroidal vortices produced by dolphins, beluga whales, humpback whales, volcanoes, hydrogen bombs, and man.

A toroidal vortex, also called a vortex ring, is a region of rotating fluid moving through the same or different fluid where the flow pattern takes on a toroidal (doughnut) shape. The movement of the fluid is about the poloidal or circular axis of the doughnut, in a twisting vortex motion. Examples of this phenomenon are a smoke ring or a microburst. Vortex rings were first mathematically analysed by the German physicist Hermann von Helmholtz, in his paper of 1867 On Integrals of the Hydrodynamical Equations which Express Vortex-motion Smoke rings have probably been observed since antiquity since they can easily be blown from the mouth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_ring

***Toroidal animation that appears at the beginning and end (and the 'fibration' animation at 2:55) were created by Paul Nylander (http://bugman123.com/)

***The 17 second clip of the humpback whale bubble rings shown from 1:56 to 2:13 is from danthewhaleman (The Whale Video Company).***

http://www.youtube.com/user/danthewhaleman
http://www.whalevideo.com

Music: "Beautiful Being" by Eastern Sun

Dolphin footage originally uploaded by:
http://www.youtube.com/user/chiajungchi

Etna smoke rings originally uploaded by:
http://www.youtube.com/user/icampabadals

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[seyeruoynepotsuj]

@Matagu1 It's a Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference. It's the last message dolphins sent to humans before they vanished from the surface of the planet. Sadly, the message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double-backward somersault through a hoop while whistling the "Star Spangled Banner."

[oniondeluxe]

1:30 lol

[KindaLikeButter]

Dolphin used Psychic!

[killer9008]

2:16 my smoking blowed ring *gansta*

[L00NGB00W]

Those dolphins were amazing!

Mammals are so smart. =)

[marnnebeech]

is it me or does the dolphin have to eat one vortex to make another

[AntonioMercury3]

O que é isso

[o0oRESHIRAMo0o]

1:30 WHAT IS LOVE, BABY DONT HURT ME XD

[dragonflymike77]

@kieronabzon hell yeah man! Thats why I saw this video! some said post up your O's and someone posted this video up!!

[mayanmanifestor]

These guys are smarter than most people I know:)

[kieronabzon]

all them hoops makin me feel for shisha :D

[RogueCrockett]

Freaken sweet also freaken dolphins i wish i could do that XD