What the Heck Is That? Ordinary Things That Look Insane Microscopic!

The Shimmering Cell Networks of Bubbles

Under scrutiny, soap bubbles stop being floaty little toys and start looking like a science class diagram gone glam. The thin film stretches into a network of tiny geometric shapes—primarily hexagons and pentagons—where each soap molecule lines up like it’s in a synchronized swimming routine.

The layers are so thin that they create interference patterns, which is a fancy way of saying the colors shift depending on the angle. Some areas even show rainbows that move as the film changes thickness. It’s all surface tension and molecular teamwork, but it still ends up looking like a high-fashion version of froth.

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