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Exploding Water Balloons Crystallized in Time

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

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Exploding Water Balloons Crystallized in Time

Snapshots of water-filled balloons bursting are amazingly frozen moments in time. Granted, they also bring back memories of when you were a young scamp, mischievously dropping water bombs on hapless cyclists from overpasses, or soaking whole streets in drive-by drench-athons – but those days of innocence are gone now. So, it just leaves us to sit back and wonder at the beautiful physics of the things – plus the devilish uses to which they can be put.

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10 Masterpieces of High-Speed Water Photography

Monday, January 5, 2009

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10 Masterpieces of High-Speed Water Photography

Since the iconic images of a were revealed in 1887 by English photographer Eadweard Muybridge, high-speed photography has come on in leaps and bounds. Multiple cameras are no longer needed to capture motion, just one, usually hideously expensive, camera is required (and some fancy equipment).

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