An awesome video has emerged of a science teacher creating a mesmerising 'wiggly water wave' effect.

The footage, shot on Thursday in Gosford, Australia, shows Jacob Strickling placing a strobe light next to the flow of water and synchronising it with a machine that shakes the hose at the same speed.

When he turns the light off, the water seems to follow a wave pattern.

He wrote online: "I now use the demonstration to illustrate the wave equation velocity = frequency times wavelength with my Physics classes."

"If the strobe frequency is adjusted higher or lower the water will appear to travel up or down".

Mesmerising and fascinating footage of a wiggly water wave frozen in time and space.
I came up with this idea about 15 years ago when I was in the garden wiggling the garden hose and pondered what would happen if I wiggled the hose in a dark room and illuminated it with a strobe at the same time. I now use the demonstration to illustrate the wave equation velocity = frequency times wavelength with my Physics classes.
The nozzle is oscillated at 30 Hertz (30 times per second) and the strobe light is set to the same frequency. This gives the illusion of the water being frozen. If the strobe frequency is adjusted higher or lower the water will appear to travel up or down.
Jacob is a Science Teacher from Sydney Australia, and operates a YouTube channel called 'Make Science Fun'