A picture showing how a shining bulb cracks with a high-speed camera

It is a picture captured with a high-speed camera as to what happens when you hit a light bulb as it is shining and break it. Although it sometimes falls and cracks accidentally when exchanging a light bulb, it is very interesting because it is not much to split in the state with electricity on.

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The filament grows into a Piyon and it breaks.
YouTube - Highspeed video of a exploding light bulb


After cracking, smoke comes out as if it burns up. It looks like the Olympic torch.
YouTube - Lightbulb explosion in slow motion.


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When it breaks, the smoke emerges, and after a while the smoke and light subsides.
YouTube - High speed camera, light bulb


You can see the filaments are swinging with the inside too.
YouTube - highspeed exploding light bulb