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Avalanche is one of the images in a photographic exhibition by Sidney Nagel on view on the fourth floor of Building 4. This avalanche of mustard seeds takes place in a thin layer near the surface, with no movement occurring deeper within the container.
Avalanche is one of the images in a photographic exhibition by Sidney Nagel on view on the fourth floor of Building 4. This avalanche of mustard seeds takes place in a thin layer near the surface, with no movement occurring deeper within the container.

Avalanche is one of the images in a photographic exhibition by Sidney Nagel on view on the fourth floor of Building 4. This avalanche of mustard seeds takes place in a thin layer near the surface, with no movement occurring deeper within the container.

A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on March 15, 2000.

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