Largest Floating Stone Sphere in the World

This 118" diameter sphere, floats and rotates on only a small psi of pressure. See more at waterfountains.com

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Film & Animation

Tags:

• sphere
• fountain
• sculpture

[sonus89]

If borders change, it sucks..

[dotty865]

poor antarctica :(

[averyaccordion]

@cfb36 12.3 PSI... Plus a one way valve..,

For example, you know how you set down a cup of water on a wet table and it floats sometimes a little? Its like that...

[BrettBloomfield1]

@iaptus313 oh ok thanks for the info it makes sense now

[cfb36]

any idea of the wate pressure it takes to do that?

[iaptus313]

@12319gp It would return to It's original motion. It has to do with which direction the water spout is installed

[iaptus313]

@BrettBloomfield1 I would guess path of least resistance. I made one of these on a much smaller scale with an already existing marble sphere, I made the bowl from a piece of jade. the first couple of attempts, water sprayed out on a 45 degree angle. I had to wet sand the bowl to remove any inconsistencies before the water would behave on the quantum level. the weight to psi ratio also plays a factor when expecting a desired reaction.

[Ahuc899]

@BrettBloomfield1 google "Couette Flow"

[ExuberantlyMorose]

@meLOVESpuppies the water has to be pumped out at sufficient pressure to counteract the weight of the sphere

[skwurlking82]

imagine if that thing broke loose and rolled away.......

85,000 lbs of ironic desctruction

[BrettBloomfield1]

@meLOVESpuppies it has to do with water pressure the weight of the stone is almost irrelevant factor in the psi and u can lift almost anything the thing i wanna know is how is the water not shooting out cutting peoples heads off