Strange water phenomenon Smarter Every Day

Please help me understand what is going on here. Like I mention in the video, the temperature was ABOVE freezing and snow was melting. This water was running from a spring type source and falling into a pool. It s not the Leidenfrost effect, but it looks just like it. From WBeaty: Here s an article ref about the droplets: C. L. Stong, Curious Bubbles in Which a Gas Encloses a Liquid Instead of the Other Way Around, Scientific American Magazine, THE AMATEUR SCIENTIST, April 1974 The key to the effect is EXTREMELY CLEAN WATER. Usually we don t see the droplets, since any microscopic crap on the water surface will let the droplets pop and merge into the water surface. With clean water, they last a couple of seconds. With extremely clean water they ll last far longer. Also see: