Long plug crossing the first bifurcation: Stage
, frame #57. Event A, frame 74. Stage
, frame ##76. Event B, frame #80. Stage
, frame #93. Event C, frame #104. Stage
, frame #106. Event D, frame #113. Stage
, frame #122. Event E, frame #137. Stage
, frame #141. Event F, frame #143. Stage
, frame #152. Images are captured at 60 frames per second. See text for details. Bottom-right: Illustration of the condition on contact angle θ and branching half-angle α that controls the sign of the interface curvature during stage
; when
, the curvature is nearly zero.