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Prince Rupert's Drop in molten glass
They successfully cast a Prince Rupert's Drop inside molten glass. This required precise temperature control and teamwork to prevent the drop from melting before it could shatter.
- 🧊 Prince Rupert's Drops are made by dripping molten glass into water, creating extreme internal stress.
- 🔥 Artists must work within a narrow temperature range called the 'rubbery plateau' to shape glass.
- 🎨 Colored glass behaves differently than clear glass, requiring specialized techniques.
- 💥 The experiment failed multiple times due to the molten glass melting the drop too quickly.
- 🔬 The final successful attempt involved a team coordinating to snap the drop's tail into the molten glass precisely.
A person in a green shirt and gloves is about to drop a molten glass object into a glass of orange liquid, with a red arrow pointing to it and text that says 'IT'S GOING TO EXPLODE'.