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When water freezes
The temperature drops, water cools, and suddenly, there is a crest of ice on the surface, slowly growing and deepening. Soon it will be so hard that we can touch it without destroying it, and even walk on it. Anyone … Continue reading
Posted in Water & Quality, Water Calendar 2013
Tagged alternative quality measurement, alternative water treatment, crystallization processes, degassing, ice images, spring water, vortexing, water structure, water vortex
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Flow shaping with water plants
The Austrian forester and natural philosopher Viktor Schauberger (1885-1958) perceived many ways of altering a river’s flow, not by trying to steer water into a particular course, but by creating conditions for water to self-organize into a new flow pattern. … Continue reading
Posted in Water & Self-organization, Water & Viktor Schauberger
Tagged erosion, flow shaping, meandering, river restoration, Schauberger, self-organization, self-organizing flow, Viktor Schauberger, vortex generation
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The quality of water
In the autumn, leaves fall onto the ground, into the small ponds forming here and there, soon with brownish amber-coloured water. Resting for a moment on the surface, until a splash or a footstep causes it to cross the surface … Continue reading
Posted in Water & Quality
Tagged alternative quality measurement, anti-oxidants, healing springs, health, iron wells, Louis-Claude Vincent, oxidative stress, redox, reductive water, water quality
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Water’s pulse
Swish, swoosh, swish, swoosh, in a rhythmic pattern, the water swings to and fro in the vessel, a “flowform”, originally conceived by the British anthroposophist John Wilkes (1930-2011) in 1970 and since then developed into many shapes. The incoming water … Continue reading
Posted in Water & Quality, Water & Self-organization, Water Environment & Climate
Tagged alternative water treatment, flowforms, John Wilkes, self-organization, self-organizing flow, sewage treatment, Warmonderhof, water, water art, water dance, water pulsation
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The Mysteries of Fog
Morning mist is rolling in from the shore, the remnants of a rainy summer night. Elusive, yet being so close that one can nearly touch it. The sun finally breaks through, clearing up the mist into vapour, and it is … Continue reading
Posted in Water Environment & Climate
Tagged electrodynamic explosions, excess energy, fog exposions, Graneau, hydrogen bond energy, renewable energy, solar energy, thunder, water cycle, water energy, water plasma explosions
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The rising seas
Slowly, almost imperceptibly, the water level rises. Where are we actually heading? What is the attractor of our present course? Where will we be, when water finds its new level? Our actions are like a small marble, rolling down a … Continue reading
Posted in Water Environment & Climate
Tagged climate attractors, climate change, environment, flooding, paleogeology, sea level rise, self-organization, water
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The water jet dances
The jet of water ejects out of the nozzle in a continuous, steady flow. Directing my eyes towards the opening, there is not a trace of pulsation. Yet just slightly above, the dance has begun. As the upward movement is … Continue reading
Posted in Observing Water
Tagged chaos, chaotic pulsation, complexity, free boundary flow, hydrodynamics, water, water art, water dance, water flow
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The water vortex
Round and round, the vortex swirls in the bucket, mixing whatever is in it. Perhaps one of our most mundane acquaintances with water is stirring it, although we seldom give the process a closer look. Stirring vigorously will only create … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Podolinsky, alternative water treatment, BD 500, biodynamic agriculture, clay singing, compost tea, organic agriculture, self-organization, soil colloids, soil ecosystem, vortexing, water vortex
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Floating timber in brooks
“The logs will not float even 50 meters”, was the official position of the Austrian timber commission. The experts had even brought a signed written testimony to the futility of the project. It was a timber floating system, conceived by … Continue reading
Posted in Water & Self-organization, Water & Viktor Schauberger
Tagged erosion, flood prevention, river regulation, river restoration, Schauberger, self-organizing flow, self-organizing vortex flow, structural stability, temperature movement, timber floating, Viktor Schauberger
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Ink droplets falling in water
Water’s inherent tendency to form patterns can be observed as simple as with ink droplets falling into water (preferably in a container with flat walls). The impact of the droplet creates vaulting toroidal forms, vortexes resembling jellyfish, and finally, when … Continue reading
Posted in Observing Water
Tagged biomimicry, D'Arcy Thompson, emergence, flow visualization, ink droplets, ink images, pattern formation, Theodor Schwenk, vortex flow, water, water art, water research, water species
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Water and consciouness
As if they were carved out, the ripples in the water hover before my eyes. The gentle vortex flow pulls the water down, only to return it to the surface again, following the walls of the egg-shaped container. Round and … Continue reading
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Tagged scattering spectra, unconventional water research, water and consciousness, water art, water research
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Self-organization
Self-organizing, seemingly out of nothing, the sand-water rolls appear. Where did they come from? The moment before, when the incoming stream reached its highest level and turned, there was only a flat surface of murky water. Self-organization means the spontaneous … Continue reading
Posted in Water & Self-organization
Tagged emergence, Ilya Prigogine, self-organization, self-organizing flow, water
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