I have experienced an interesting phenomenon this weekend. It involved :
- Soap bubbles which were …
- … flying around while laser light was drawing images around the walls
- All this accompanied by loud music
(some people would call this place a discotheque)
The following happened: When the soap bubbles were hit by the laser, they sort of lost their shape … became lifeless shells of themselves and just fell to the ground.
A video of the entire phenomenon is available at
There are dead bubbles falling around all the time, but the best example is in the last second, when a big bubble was captured losing its shape and falling.
Can someone explain to me in human terms what caused these bubbles to experience the loss of shape?
Best Answer
I am not convinced the lasers have any effect on the bubbles. There seems to be a height at which they are affected, but they then seem to normalize once below that point, suggesting a small air current maybe.
I would like to see this experiment performed in a more controlled environment, especially with stationary lasers and bubbles. Until that happens, I think you have made a causation error.