Get smart curated videos delivered to your inbox.   SUBSCRIBE
The Kid Should See This

Wake vortex in the fog as an airplane lands

Watch more with these video collections:

Wake vortex! An invisible but universal phenomena, huge wingtip vortices can be seen in the twisting fog as this airplane lands in Zurich, Switzerland. Wingtip vortices are strong spirals of air that are created when high pressure air below the wing spills up around the top of the wing, a relatively lower air pressure space, making a small horizontal tornado.

wingtip vortices in the fog
Read more about wingtip vortices and vortex drag at howthingsfly.si.edu.

Then watch more videos about vortices on TKSST, including:
• Wingtip vortices made visible with ribbons of white smoke
How to make a Crazy Pool Vortex
• A vortex of bubbles twirls pufferfish

via Science Demo.

This Webby award-winning video collection exists to help teachers, librarians, and families spark kid wonder and curiosity. TKSST features smarter, more meaningful content than what's usually served up by YouTube's algorithms, and amplifies the creators who make that content.

Curated, kid-friendly, independently-published. Support this mission by becoming a sustaining member today.

🌈 Watch these videos next...

Wingtip vortices made visible with ribbons of white smoke

Rion Nakaya

Why Isn’t It Faster To Fly West? – Minute Physics

Rion Nakaya

Why do spinning rings & spinning disks have different paths?

Rion Nakaya

Why do some birds fly in v-formation?

Rion Nakaya

Why do geese fly in V formation?

Rion Nakaya

What will dolphins make of these underwater bubble rings?

Rion Nakaya

What Happens to Your Checked Luggage at the Airport

Rion Nakaya

Warka Water towers harvest drinkable water from the air

Rion Nakaya

Untangling the Devil’s Corkscrew with PBS Eons

Rion Nakaya