Tiny as they are, the bristly parachutes of a dandelion seed can help it fly tens of kilometers. The secret to this superpower is a new type of vortex ring, one researchers had never before observed in nature. With this video, FYFD kicks off an entire week of plant-focused physics. Check out the rest at:
Featuring research from Cummins et al., “A separated vortex ring underlies the flight of the dandelion,“
Written, hosted, produced, edited, and animated by
Nicole Sharp, PhD
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Research footage:
Cathal Cummins
Madeleine Seale
Alice Macente
Daniele Certini
Enrico Mastropaolo
Ignazio Maria Viola
Naomi Nakayama
Oleksandr Zhdanov
Additional footage:
US Navy
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Nicole Sharp
Andrew Dickerson
A.J. Fillo
Oregon Coast Aquarium
Oregon State University
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