A water strider rows across the pond on tiny surface dimples — ChillScroll

A water strider making small dimples and ripples on a green pond

A water strider rows across the pond on tiny surface dimples

Surface tension supports the insect while each narrow leg presses a small valley into the water. Its middle legs sweep backward like oars and leave tiny spinning currents below the surface.

Six feet, four little dimples, and a pond that behaves like a trampoline.

Source · MIT News ↗