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Miscellaneous What-Have-You => That's interesting, man. That's fucking interesting => Topic started by: Hominid on December 13, 2011, 04:48:10 PM

Title: Watch light in motion... this'll blow your mind.
Post by: Hominid on December 13, 2011, 04:48:10 PM
http://gizmodo.com/5867562/unbelievable-trillion-frames-per-second-camera-captures-light-in-motion

Title: Re: Watch light in motion... this'll blow your mind.
Post by: DigitalBuddha on December 13, 2011, 08:34:50 PM
Fucking awesome, dude! Cool find!
Title: Re: Watch light in motion... this'll blow your mind.
Post by: DigitalBuddha on December 14, 2011, 12:16:28 AM
Here is more on that, a couple of awesome images............

Star trekkie stuff here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16163931

(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/57304000/jpg/_57304459_bottle.jpg)
Title: Re: Watch light in motion... this'll blow your mind.
Post by: meekon5 on December 14, 2011, 08:25:44 AM
I didn't get this at first until I watched it again and realised the film is processing faster than a light wave is moving across the tomato.

Thing is whats the point of a camera this fast?
Title: Re: Watch light in motion... this'll blow your mind.
Post by: DigitalBuddha on December 14, 2011, 09:00:05 AM
Quote from: meekon5 on December 14, 2011, 08:25:44 AM
I didn't get this at first until I watched it again and realised the film is processing faster than a light wave is moving across the tomato.

Thing is whats the point of a camera this fast?

It seems so, yes. The camera can "stop motion" a beam or wave of light passing through or by something. Absolutely incredible! It can photograph something down to One Trillionth of a second intervals, fast enough to watch light in slow motion as it propagates through space. I find that mind boggling!

Check this out -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O553MaRBXNw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtsXgODHMWk