Tennis ball and spray. High-speed photograph of spray produced as a wet tennis ball with backspin travels through the air. The rapidly rotating ball p

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Tennis ball and spray. High-speed photograph of spray produced as a wet tennis ball with backspin travels through the air. The rapidly rotating ball produces a centrifugal force that pushes water to the equator of the ball and then flings it outwards as a radial spray.

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Size: 5157px × 3425px
Photo credit: © DR. JOHN BRACKENBURY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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