Avalanches Simulated With 500,000 Ping-Pong Balls

An anonymous reader submits "Ping-pong ball avalanche experiments have been carried out for the last three years at the Miyanomori ski jump in Sapporo, Japan, to study three-dimensional granular flows. Up to 550,000 balls were released near the top of the landing slope. The balls then flowed past video cameras positioned close to the flow, which measured individual ball velocities in three dimensions, and air pressure tubes at different heights. The flows developed a complicated three-dimensional structure with a distinct head and tail, lobes and 'eyes.' See for yourself, it's quite interesting!"

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A victim of this experiment?

[weeboo0104]

The only tragic victim of this experiment was this man.

A bespecticled bunny rabbit and moose were seen running from the scene.