Bubble Bursting Speed Test

Perhaps the most fun way to measure the speed at which a bubble pops is to throw an olive right through the middle of a bubble while capturing video at ~10000 fps. A bubble pops about 10x faster than human reaction time! And about 2 to 3x slower than the reaction time of a house fly!
Shot was taken during MIT short course on High Speed Imaging by the "A" team!
The "A" team members and supporters:
Jim Bales, MIT Edgerton Center
J. Kim Vandiver, MIT, Edgerton Center
Edward Moriarty, Edgerton Center
Rob Watkins, Tesla
Benn Stutrud, Anderson Windows and Doors
Jason Davis, Nammo Talley Inc.
Kyle D. Gilroy, Vision Research, Phantom
Equipment used for this was a v2640 color camera with a 100 mm Zeiss Makro wide open, Schlieren setup at the Edgerton center (Z-config) with a four-color filter/LED source, and GSVitec LEDs for illumination of the Olive.
These bubbles were created by blowing into a rubber tube who's opposite end was soaked in a glycerin solution... if you look close, as the bubble pops, you can see the relatively lower-density hot air from breath inside the bubble upon its beautiful demise.

[@appumathew]

So fly reaction is faster than a bubble burst. Wow

[@huguesbon-marchand3828]

Just thinking on it

[@ballisticcranberrypeat7777]

It’s surprising to see how little liquid actually makes up the bubble

[@xXwatevermanXx]

You are doing the lords work

[@1.4142]

Didn't know bubbles were so stretchy!

[@1.4142]

@@maur8786 I know that they are stretchy, but I expected the bubble to break immediately on such a fast impact.

[@MyP1n]

I love everything about this

[@andreafurlan1460]

Wait why it deform when it is not touching the other half bubble

[@tygerbyrn]

Probably due to the air being compressed in front of the impactor object. The compressed air then contacts the bubble; hence the pre-deformation seen before the object actually hits the bubble. My $0.02.

[@geetamonpara8116]

Agree with the previous reply, definitely the air being pushed by the olive into the bubble. Very interesting

[@hacky_sackin]

It’s so fascinating to see that the olive is faster at reaching the other end of the bubble than the bubble is at popping, and that the bubble moves BEFORE the olive even touches the surface of it. ✨Science✨ ( and ✨ physics✨ )

[@ahmetgultekin7058]

And ✨maths ✨ and ✨ biology ✨ and ✨ psychology ✨ and ✨ other flipping sciences ✨

[@owenswabi]

0:05 why does it look like the bubble is anticipating the impact?

[@rssl5500]

Wow very nice I love it :)

[@manooxi327]

Awesome

[@spss2908]

Good work actually.

[@spss2908]

Bro add some high quality music it's gonna create instant hype

[@spidyamilYT]

Wow

[@abu2175]

When the object that was throwed 1 inch away hitting the bubble u can see a dent in bubble cause the air pushed it

[@rhall001]

Just me or did the area of impact for the bubble go in a little before the olive touched it😅

[@LostOnceLefthanded]

Probably. The olive is pushing air into the bubble before the air has time to dissipate and make way for the olive.

[@voramuj]

That’s air pressure

[@patrickkirby6580]

Didn’t you find anything other than an olive to throw at a bubble ?

[@kdgilroy4]

no

[@ohnocoder]

I am the 1000th!!!

[@EPlTHANY]

Add some music pls :D

[@LostOnceLefthanded]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but this seems to be dependent on the size of the bubble and whether the object ruptures it once or twice (on the way out).

[@monte2603]

✨ 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐦