Saturday, June 19, 2010

Not so hard after all!


I find these video clips of golf balls being struck, or striking a hard surface, absolutely fascinating. What appears to our sight and touch to be a rock-solid object turns out to be anything but!










Call me silly if you wish, but I find that amazing! Shows how much we don't notice, doesn't it?

Peter

1 comment:

  1. I agree those vids are utterly fascinating.

    I'm curious how fast the second golf ball was traveling and if it was projected from something mechanical or if it's possible for a human to exert that degree of force on the ball. I think the golf ball is an engineering marvel. It's nice to consider the absolute genius of things we consider ordinary and unremarkable. :)

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