Oct 26, 2022 16:00:00

How does the arc discharge look with a camera that can shoot 1.75 million shots per second?

The Slow Mo Guys , a YouTube channel that has challenged numerous slow motion shots, has finally released a video that challenges seeing electricity.

Electrical Arcs at 1,750,000FPS-The Slow Mo Guys with ElectroBOOM-YouTube


In addition to Gavin (center) and Daniel (right), who are challenging the shooting this time, YouTube channel ElectroBOOMMr . Medi (left).

And this

Tesla coil is used for shooting.

In addition, a device called

Marx generator made by Meddy appeared. This is a device aimed at generating high voltage pulses from a low voltage DC power supply.

In addition, equipment that can shoot at 1.75 million FPS, which exceeds the previous 1 million FPS camera, will also be introduced.

Start shooting immediately. First of all, start from '100kf / s', that is, 100,000 FPS.

After darkening the room, start the Tesla coil and shoot.

To the naked eye, it looked like just crackling sparks, but in slow motion, you can clearly see the electric discharge spreading like a tree.

Daniel tries to punch the electricity.

It screams and jumps up at the same time as the sound of snapping.

When I watched it in slow motion, it looked like electricity was stuck in my fist.

We will also raise the frame rate of the shooting.

Then, the electricity, which had seemed to be discharged instantaneously, was seen to extend from the source to the other side.

And finally, the challenge is to shoot at 1.75 million FPS.

As a result, electricity was seen traveling through the air, flickering repeatedly.

Next, I will shoot the Marx generator. With the naked eye, it still looks like 'Batin' and the whole device are scattering sparks all at once.

First of all, from 875,000 FPS. You can see the discharge more clearly, but again, it's fleeting.

So, set the shooting speed to 1.75 million FPS again and try it.

It's so slow that it takes 30 minutes from the start of playback until you actually see the moment of discharge.

Three people who are excited at the moment of long-awaited discharge.

Checking it looks like this. Roughly 2 million FPS, this camera can capture a difference of 0.5 microseconds, but it seems that it was still difficult to see the flow of electricity traveling at the speed of light.

Through this experiment, Daniel said, 'I learned that electricity is really fast.'