Pond Ripples & Reflection

Droplets fall and create expanding, interfering ripples on a calm reflective pond at dusk. Each impact launches a circular wave whose crest propagates outward at a fixed speed while surface tension and viscosity damp its height over a few seconds, just like real water where capillary ripples decay exponentially once the driving disturbance stops. The shimmering surface blends a mirror-like sky reflection with a darker refracted color beneath, governed by the Fresnel effect: at shallow grazing angles the water reflects almost like a mirror, while looking straight down reveals more of what lies beneath. Falling droplets accelerate under Earth's gravity at 9.8 m/s^2 before impact, and overlapping ripple rings interfere constructively and destructively exactly as predicted by the linear superposition of waves. Drag to orbit, scroll to zoom.

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Elapsed Time0.0s
Falling Droplets0
Active Ripples0
Wave Speed3.20
Gravity9.80 m/s^2

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