Laminar Reverse Flow

Ever heard of laminar reverse flow?
Don’t feel too bad if you haven’t. You’d need to be a slide-rule-carrying techno-geek to know about it.
But the fact is that it’s a pretty amazing process, which is demonstrated in a short video seen at today’s FamilyFirst pick.
Here’s a summary of what’s going on:

Laminar flow, sometimes known as streamline flow, occurs when a fluid flows in parallel layers, with no disruption between the layers. In fluid dynamics, laminar flow is a flow regime characterized by high momentum diffusion, low momentum convection, pressure and velocity independent from time. It is the opposite of turbulent flow. In non-scientific terms laminar flow is “smooth,” while turbulent flow is “rough.”

What it amounts to is that three drops of food coloring are dropped into a clear cylinder containing white corn syrup. Then, the mixture is agitated by the turning of a cylindrical plunger that distributes the colors evenly, in the forms of strips of color.
THEN, it gets amazing. Watch what happens when the mixture is agitated in the opposite direction!
http://www.maniacworld.com/Laminar-Reverse-Flow.html