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English: Ferrofluid on a reflective glass plate under the influence of a strong/steep magnetic field.
עברית: he:נוזל מגנטי אשר נמצא על זכוכית משקפת תחת השפעת מגנט חזק.
Русский: Ферромагнитная жидкость на стекле под воздействием магнита под стеклом.
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Ferrofluid, a paramagnetic fluid composed of nanoscale ferromagnetic particles suspended in a carrier fluid, was placed onto a glass plate. The edges of the glass plate are visible at the bottom of the image. A powerful N40 neodymium magnet was placed under the glass along with an iron rod to steepen the field. Spikes form, in a phenomenon called normal field instability, where the magnetic forces are great enough to overcome gravity and surface tension to align the fluid in a magnetically ideal manner.

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Canon 5D
10mm/f2.85 Macro at f/200
ISO 100, 10 second exposure
Background illumination provided by 2400watts of 65K high-cri fluorescent. Highlight illumination by photoflash reflected off a 40ft x 15 ft white matt panel.
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RAW to 16bit conversion with dcraw
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Cropping to 4:3 aspect
Gain to bring background to white.
Minor cloning to remove sensor dust from background area
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9 July 2006

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02:06, 12 July 2006Thumbnail for version as of 02:06, 12 July 2006800 × 601 (114 KB)Gmaxwell{{Information |Description=Ferrofluid on glass, with a rare earth magnet. |Source=By uploader. |Date=2006-07-09 |Author=Gregory F. Maxwell |Permission=GFDL-1.2 only }} {{GFDL-1.2}}

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