(Top) Side view, and (bottom) aerial view of a layer of particles trapped at an oil-water interface as it grows and then sinks in a container of water. (Top) The time lapse between the first and last images is roughly 400 ms. The two sets of images are not of the same event.

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Sinking a Granular Raft
Suzie Protière, Christophe Josserand, Jeffrey M. Aristoff, Howard A. Stone, and Manouk Abkarian
Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 108001 (2017)

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