Fireworks + Explodables + Ultra-High Speed Phantom HD Camera = The Best Fourth of July Video

Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 15:01 in Physics & Chemistry

Egg Meets Black Cat Firecracker Messiness results The Phantom line of ultra-high-speed video cameras have held PopSci's rapt attention even before the v12 model won our Best of What's New Award in 2008. So what better way to celebrate our nation's independence than aiming a Phantom v641 from New Jersey's Vision Research at all manner of explosives, resulting in high-definition footage of fireworks going off at a glorious 2,000 frames per second? brightcove.createExperiences(); Not so much the celestial dazzling burst kind of fireworks -- you'll get plenty of those this weekend regardless -- but a serious investigation of what exactly happens when you stick firecrackers in, for instance, a jar of mayonnaise. The Phantom, which is typically used for everything from super slow-motion sports instant replays to manufacturing processes to military flight...

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