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    One Trillion fps: MIT's Light Speed Camera

    adminBy adminDecember 14, 2011Updated:November 14, 2016No Comments1 Min Read

    Have you ever wondered just exactly what the speed of light looks like? Well, now, thanks to a team from the MIT media lab, you can actually see it for yourself.

    A camera system (utilizing a streak camera) has been created that can capture a trillion-frames-per-second and actually visualize the speed of light by capturing moving photons. That’s fast enough to produce a slow-motion video of light traveling through objects. That’s CRAZY!

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