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Yogthos

Lighter at 7600 frames per second

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⟨Joe⟩ /ˈɔɪklɪd/

@yogthos not even a huge fan of cigarettes, but I smoke somewhere between two and four a year socially when meeting with friends who smoke more regularly.

But damn, that gif makes me want one.

Yogthos

@efi nothing can travel faster than light in a vacuum, but light does not travel instantly. Also, the speed of light depends on the medium. In some circstances it's even possible for other particles to travel faster than light en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheren

Efi (nap pet) 🦊💤

@yogthos I mean, I do know this, but I like the idea of a slow-motion video actually slowing down light itself instead of, y'kno, what it actually does

Yogthos

@efi in this case we're just seeing the movement of the glowing gas, but there are cameras that can see light wave propagation though, which is indeed mind blowing m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoImsCcg

Efi (nap pet) 🦊💤

@yogthos goddess, I had seen these clips, but I didn't know how they made them, now it makes sense
light is still travelling at its near c speed, but by capturing different moments of a practically identical set of waves you can recompose the path
science at its best! what a time to be alive!

Wrek Anthony

@yogthos That’s pretty cool. It might work layered as a special effect for an explosion.

RooneyMcNibNug

@yogthos we harnessed and controlled explosions on a very small scale

snaprails

@yogthos The most amazing thing about this is how it lit first time 🙂

Andy UU (he/him)

@yogthos I don't care what anyone says, fire is literal magic

Yogthos

@beaufils oh I'm just resharing the vid, not sure what camera was used

David Bloomberg

@yogthos Slow-mo (but unfortunately not as slow as yours) flash paper being sparked.

Patton :vericol:

@yogthos cool! I wish I could have one of these when I spray a mosquito 😄
Honestly, I wonder how they ditch it!

KealaKay

@yogthos
Got me hypnotized. As addictive as the real fire

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