A brand new camera developed at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology can photograph a trillion frames
per second. Compare that with a conventional film camera which takes a
mere 24. This new development in photographic technology has given
scientists the power to photograph the motion of the fastest thing in
the Universe, light. In the video below, you’ll see experimental
footage of light photons traveling at approximately 965
million-kilometers-per-hour (that’s roughly 600 million mph) through
water. The actual event occurred in a mere nano second, but the camera
has the ability to slow it all the way down to twenty seconds. For some
perspective, according to New York Times author, John Markoff,
“If a bullet had been tracked in the identical fashion moving through
the same fluid, the ensuing film would last 3 years.”
Blazingly-Fast Camera Can Capture Light as it Travels
Massachusetts Institute of Technology can photograph a trillion frames
per second. Compare that with a conventional film camera which takes a
mere 24. This new development in photographic technology has given
scientists the power to photograph the motion of the fastest thing in
the Universe, light. In the video below, you’ll see experimental
footage of light photons traveling at approximately 965
million-kilometers-per-hour (that’s roughly 600 million mph) through
water. The actual event occurred in a mere nano second, but the camera
has the ability to slow it all the way down to twenty seconds. For some
perspective, according to New York Times author, John Markoff,
“If a bullet had been tracked in the identical fashion moving through
the same fluid, the ensuing film would last 3 years.”
Blazingly-Fast Camera Can Capture Light as it Travels
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