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clock-iconPUBLISHEDJuly 31, 2015
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This Basketball Is Thrown From Above The Clouds And The Magnus Effect Makes It Do Something Pretty Awesome

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Morenike Adebayo

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"This is the insane Magnus Effect!" How Ridiculous/YouTube

We've shown you the Magnus Effect in spectacular action before, when a basketball was thrown from a dam. Rather than dropping vertically, the ball gracefully swerves away from its downward descent, skimming along in the waters below.

Impressive as that was, science will always reach for the sky.

Or even just above the clouds, as this video from How Ridiculous of a basketball being thrown from a cliff shows.

 

 

[H/T: How Ridiculous]
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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHEDJuly 31, 2015

Written by Elise Andrew

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