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29 November 2009
Ten minutes of incredible slow-motion bullet impacts. A few of the shots are so abstract I have no idea what they are, but the majority of this is awesome. They're slowed down so much they look like crashing spaceships.
It was in an introductory physics course that I saw a demonstration of the effects hydrostatic pressure. Class was held in a fairly large auditorium; the professor set up a sealed, wooden box of water on one side of the lecture floor and fired a .22 caliber rifle at it from the other. A .22 is unbelievable loud; and water, indeed, is not compressible.
I liked this. As was mentioned, it kept my interest the whole time, which normally I would have said "cool", and went on to something else after a minute.
photo by splunge
photo by TheophileEscargot
photo by Kronos_to_Earth
photo by ethylene
