Fermentation Bubbles — Champagne Yeast in Crystal Glass
95.36 €
CO₂ nucleation streams in a crystal champagne flute — dozens of individual bubble streams rising from nucleation sites on the glass interior surface, each stream perfectly regular in its bubble spacing and diameter.
Description
Champagne bubble photography at macro scale reveals the deterministic physics of nucleation — each bubble stream originates from a single nucleation site, a microscopic scratch or cellulose fibre on the glass interior surface, and the bubble size and release frequency are determined by the dissolved CO₂ concentration, the surface energy of the nucleation site, and the liquid temperature. This image was made immediately after pouring into a crystal champagne flute, 15 individual nucleation streams visible rising from the glass base and walls. Shot at 2:1 macro with a 100mm macro lens and a single diffused backlight positioned behind the glass, the bubbles appear as white-rimmed transparent spheres against the backlit champagne. Each stream shows the characteristic size gradient — smaller bubbles at the nucleation point growing steadily larger as they rise and CO₂ diffuses from the supersaturated liquid into the growing bubble.
