GIF-animation for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect" class="extiw" title="en:Coriolis effect">en:Coriolis effect</a> article.<br>
The large circle represents a turntable that is not flat, but that has a parabolic cross section. The black dot represents a puck, moving frictionless over the surface of the concave turntable. The ellipse represents the trajectory of the puck. The rotation of ellips represents that the point of view is a videocamera that is rotating.
User <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cleonis" class="extiw" title="en:User:Cleonis">Cleonis</a> on <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org">en.wikipedia</a>
2005-07-02
<ul><li>Transferred from <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org">en.wikipedia</a></span> to Commons.</li>
<li><span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span></li></ul>