A Blue Whirl

Scientists from the University of Maryland discovered a previously unobserved type of flame which they published in an online paper on August 4, 2016, in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The phenomenon looks quite similar to an amplipole. It might be the same vortex type or it is one that is closely related to an amplipole. I've added this example on the page where the amplipole is described. You can click on the image on and the correct page will open.