Flow galleria (#2) : Smoke from an Incense stickIn this set of images the smoke from an incense stic

Flow galleria (#2) : Smoke from an Incense stick

In this set of images the smoke from an incense stick is seen making a transition from a smooth laminar flow (very close to the incense stick) to a turbulent flow (far away from the incense stick) while passing through the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (rolling vortices).

** This post is part of the ‘Flow series’ by FYPhysics and EcstasyShots!. Check out the previous posts here.