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Spherical Wave Interference
Spherical Wave Interference1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00Animation of two spherical wave sources creating interference. Two sources produce spherical waves that radiate outwards. As the wavefronts expand, they get less dense. When the two waves cross each other they interfere creating a characteristic pattern.PT8Shttps://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/c5914c44-10c0-406c-9ffa-449a1fbbebf2/spherical-waves-blur-FHD-Russell-Kightley_xlarge.jpghttps://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/c5914c44-10c0-406c-9ffa-449a1fbbebf2/spherical-waves-blur-FHD-Russell-Kightley_mp4_hd_video.mp4https://www.scientific.pictures/-/galleries/animations/-/medias/c5914c44-10c0-406c-9ffa-449a1fbbebf2/pricehttps://www.scientific.pictures/-/galleries/animations/-/medias/c5914c44-10c0-406c-9ffa-449a1fbbebf2/price
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Surface Area of a Sphere

The surface area of a sphere is opened up to illustrate how the formula surface area = 4 π r2 can be understood. The animation starts with a sphere (orange) with its equator shown in yellow. Latitudes north and south are shown as horizontal red rings. A meridian is shown in green. These latitude rings all open up creating a curved surface shown in pink. This then uncurls to map on to an imaginary vertical plane that touches the back of the sphere. The mapped surface (i.e. the sphere surface area) looks vaguely leaf shaped. It is actually formed from cosine curves. The challenge is then to convert this complex shape into a rectangle to determine its area. To do this, those parts of the mapped surface that are north and south of the sphere are replaced by translucent red boxes. The remaining leaf shape thus has a maximum height that is the same as the height of the sphere (i.e. 2r) and a maximum length that is the same as the circumference of the sphere (i.e. 2 π r). These boxes then migrate across to fill up the gaps and show that the area of the map above the height r is the same as the gap below. The resulting rectangle has an area of 4 π r2. Since it is the same height as the sphere and is as long as the sphere is around, this rectangle can curl around the sphere and precisely enclose it forming an open ended cylinder.
Deakin, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Animation ID: Sphere-Area-Orange-Ball
Duration: 00:00:32
copyright Russell Kightley
Animation resolution: 1920x1080 pixels @ 30.0 fps, ~64.6 Mbits/s
Animation keywords: animation, circumference, diameter, formula, geometry, math, mathematics, maths, pi, radius, sphere, surface area, π
Surface Area of a Sphere 2019-04-10T07:14:33ZThe surface area of a sphere is opened up to illustrate how the formula surface area = 4 π r2 can be understood. The animation starts with a sphere (orange) with its equator shown in yellow. Latitudes north and south are shown as horizontal red rings. ...PT32Shttps://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/e2a9985c-0478-48a8-81cf-73272184701a/Sphere-Area-Orange-Ball_xlarge.jpghttps://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/e2a9985c-0478-48a8-81cf-73272184701a/Sphere-Area-Orange-Ball_mp4_hd_video.mp4https://www.scientific.pictures/-/galleries/animations/-/medias/e2a9985c-0478-48a8-81cf-73272184701a/pricehttps://www.scientific.pictures/-/galleries/animations/-/medias/e2a9985c-0478-48a8-81cf-73272184701a/price
Surface Area of a Sphere
Surface Area of a Sphere 1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00The surface area of a sphere is opened up to illustrate how the formula surface area = 4 π r2 can be understood. The animation starts with a sphere (orange) with its equator shown in yellow. Latitudes north and south are shown as horizontal red rings. ...PT32Shttps://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/ccda09d9-f00d-4c2e-9179-c29514c60a4c/Sphere-Area-Grid-Ball_xlarge.jpghttps://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/ccda09d9-f00d-4c2e-9179-c29514c60a4c/Sphere-Area-Grid-Ball_mp4_hd_video.mp4https://www.scientific.pictures/-/galleries/animations/-/medias/ccda09d9-f00d-4c2e-9179-c29514c60a4c/pricehttps://www.scientific.pictures/-/galleries/animations/-/medias/ccda09d9-f00d-4c2e-9179-c29514c60a4c/price
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