Atomic Blast (taken at 1/1000,000,000 of-a-second)

Lord Barthok SocLord Barthok Soc Registered Users Posts: 40 Big grins
edited October 2, 2006 in The Big Picture
Well, searches haven't revealed this as already on Dgrin, so here it is:

http://www.oddpeak.com/item_61572.aspx

Might be of interest to some :)
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  • mr peasmr peas Registered Users Posts: 1,369 Major grins
    edited September 30, 2006
    thats really cool. only in nevada! ;X
  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited September 30, 2006
    eek7.gif thanks for sharing
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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited September 30, 2006
    very cool pics...thanks for sharing.....brought back memories of a pirated reel of film from the Hiroshama bombing that a physics prof of mine had and showed in his lectures....
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  • fotodojofotodojo Registered Users Posts: 231 Major grins
    edited September 30, 2006
    Lord Barthok Soc wrote:
    Well, searches haven't revealed this as already on Dgrin, so here it is:

    http://www.oddpeak.com/item_61572.aspx

    Might be of interest to some :)

    Cool yet at the same time REALLY scarey .. almost organic, alien looking.
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  • HiSPLHiSPL Registered Users Posts: 251 Major grins
    edited September 30, 2006
    I wonder how he acheived that kind of exposure speed, and how he got multiple shots off.....
  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,245 moderator
    edited October 1, 2006
    HiSPL wrote:
    I wonder how he acheived that kind of exposure speed, and how he got multiple shots off.....

    Here's how "Doc" Edgerton did it.
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2006
    This is nice
    David_S85 wrote:
    Here's how "Doc" Edgerton did it.
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  • HiSPLHiSPL Registered Users Posts: 251 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2006
    THX David thumb.gif
  • BodwickBodwick Registered Users Posts: 396 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2006
    This was the frst thing I read.

    Anonymous User said: ". . . Actually, the fact that a polarization filter, which only allows light to pass coming from a single polarization angle, allows 50% of the light to pass through is something puzzling (just consider that light is supposed to have a full 360 degrees polarization distribution), and can only be undersood under the light of quantum mechanics (no pun intended)."

    I closed the page and gave up reading further after just 1000,000,000 of-a-seconds thought...

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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited October 1, 2006
    Wow! David - good link to the Doc's work, he is one of my heroes!

    By the way, there is a new company called programmable matter corp (PMC), in its infancy. They have used nanotechnology to make a solid-state light filter with essentially infinite filtering capability, all based on the voltage placed over a quantum well (that's the easy explanation). A fancy version of what a Kerr cell could do 50 years ago.
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  • docwalkerdocwalker Registered Users Posts: 1,867 SmugMug Employee
    edited October 2, 2006
    I got to visit the Atomic Testing Museum during our honeymoon back in August. They had a display on the docs photo exuipment that was very interesting. Right beside it was a display on his highspeed video techniques.

    The display included a video screen and a heavy metal wheel. You could turn the wheel at any rate you wanted and it would advance the video. You could choose between 1 frame at a time or hundreds per second. You could also reverse the film at the same rates.

    They had about 6 of my favorite blast film segments looped. The pine forest, the school bus, the frame house, and the japanese paper house were included. It was really interesting to see the films at your own pace. You could see details that you cannot see in full speed videos.

    It was scary and beautiful at the same time.

    If you get a chance to visit Vegas stop by the museum. It is worth the $7.
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