Here’s a weird behavior of complex liquids, called the Kaye Effect [wiki], named after British engineer Arthur Kaye, who first discovered it in 1963. When a think thin stream of viscous fluid is poured onto a surface, a stream of jumping liquid can be seen!
Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] – via Cool Stuff
Terry Ortiz
Umm…”think stream of viscous fluid?” 
Fascinating. Amazing how high-speed cameras put phenomena down to our speed so we can observe it. I wonder how many small processes go unnoticed because they’re outside of our reach in being too small, too fast, too large, etc…
Alex
thin. thin stream of viscous fluid. Thanks Terry Ortiz, I’ve corrected the post.
Ali
I tried this in the shower with my girlfriends shampoo for over 10 minutes…when she walked in and saw what I was doing she wasn’t amused with it and I was promptly robbed of my “Kaye Experimenting with Shampoo in the Shower” moment. 
Patricio Arias
Hi there, i´m trying over and over again… but i don´t get the results… can anyone tell me what kind of surface do we need to try this?
Some kind of “moving-surface”?
Erica May
It’s really the height that is critical…after watching the video we notice that the height that they were using was about 20 cm. It’s also important to have a steady stream. We were able to get the Kaye effect at the kitchen table on a dirty plate, and then slanting one plate we were able to create the continuous one. Hope that helps…Long live Kaye Effect!
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