Underwater explosions in extreme slow motion look totally mesmerising

So damn cool.
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Sam Haysom
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Underwater explosions in extreme slow motion look totally mesmerising
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Sticking a tiny firework into a fishing tank and watching it go off is, on the surface, a fairly unimpressive sight -- but when you watch the thing burst apart at 120,000 frames per second it's a whole different story.

For their latest video, Gav and Dan from The Slow Mo Guys capture miniature explosions underwater. With an extremely high frame rate and some tinkering with different exposures, it literally looks like something from outer space.

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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