Sodium + Water = BOOM!

Nate finished his 2nd quarter finals and needed to let off a little steam. LITERALLY. We went out with some dental school friends for a great day of repelling, shooting guns and blowing up sodium. That's right. Check out the first picture. In the upper left corner there is a a metal stand suspending 2 water balloons above a bucket of sodium. Nate in the lower right side shot the balloons with a rifle (yes on his first shot), which drop down, react with the sodium and BOOM! It explodes. This picture was one of the smaller reactions, it was a CRAZY day!