levitating frog

Graham McLeod · 1.4M views · 2006 · 0:11

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Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited as the canonical eye-catching demo of diamagnetic levitation, and sometimes used as a joke in magnet threads.

What it is

A short clip of a frog levitating inside a roughly 10 tesla magnetic coil, demonstrating diamagnetism.

Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2012 to 2014.

What Hacker News said

Recommends ThePhysicist · 2014-02 · on “What Happens When You Drop A Magnet Inside A Copper Tube [video]”

If you think that's cool you should have a look at this frog: [this video] The physics behind this are explained here: [LINK]