Spoon and Milk

This photograph was taken in my home, using a spoon and milk. I put the spoon parallel to the surface of the milk, and then slowly lifted the spoon. Using cohesion in the surface tension of the milk, it becomes attracted to the surface of the spoon because of the attraction between like to like molecules. The milk is seen slightly lifted and attracted to the spoon before falling back down because of gravity.


Pamela He
Eric Hamber Secondary School, Vancouver, British Columbia
Third Prize ( High School Individual Category )
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