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Filming the speed of light

Voltex · 2012-08-01 19:07:50

I saw this video which describes a type of high speed film that captures 1 trillion frames per second. So fast it can capture light moving!!!:eek: What i found truely amazing is where we can see how light acts as a wave and a particle and where the universal speed limit is graphically demonstrated @ 9.00.

01-08-2012 07:07PM

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I saw this video which describes a type of high speed film that captures 1 trillion frames per second. So fast it can capture light moving!!!:eek:
What i found truely amazing is where we can see how light acts as a wave and a particle and where the universal speed limit is graphically demonstrated @ 9.00.

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#2 01-08-2012 07:18PM

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they're not actually capturing light in real time (1trillion fps is still much too slow), they use a scan-line technique to build up a composite image so it's only useful for static objects. still pretty neat however

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