There's a great follow-on video showing the effect in slow motion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ukMId5fIi0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ukMId5fIi0 What t

There's a great follow-on video showing the effect in slow motion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ukMId5fIi0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ukMId5fIi0 What that video sadly did not include was high-speed footage from the beginning of the experiment, showing how the chain goes from its rest state hanging over the lip of the beaker to forming the stable loop.