http://www.rapidnewswire.com/atom.htm

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'00 ML320 "Casper"
'92 400E "Stella"

my god what have we brought upon ourselves dear watson?


that is soooooo... cool cant even describe that

That's almost spooky looking...But... like an accident, you have to look.

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09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

wow. wow. and wow. Wish there were more pix of that.

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Fred
2009 ML350
2004 SL600
2004 SL500
1996 SL600
2002 SLK32
2005 CLK320 cabrio
2003 ML350
1997 C280 Sport

Why haven't these pics been readily published before? And was technology available to make a camera with a mechanical shutter capable of such a high-speed shutter rate?

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2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver
2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car

Good questions.

I'll bet that those pics are faked.

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It is not a mechanical shutter... It is a rotating mirror (rotating at extremely high speed), and the film is advanced in the path of the mirror's reflection. This is how such incredibley fast exposures can be affected. Another way of stating it would be "millions of frames a second" like expressing machine gun capability in thousands of rounds per second.

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1988 560SL

"Where is it again that we are going, and why are we in this handbasket"?

Look up a little bit about Harold Edgarton (brief biography here). He's the "E" in "EG&G", for those of you for whom that company name might ring a bell.

Those who wish to see similar pictures might Google "Rapatronic", the name of the camera.

Man-oh-man, was I wrong.

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Thanks for the name - rapatronic. Did a search - many pics and explanations of what was captured on film.
I am surprised The Discovery Channel or The History Channel hasn't done a show on this yet. If they did, I missed it.

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Fred
2009 ML350
2004 SL600
2004 SL500
1996 SL600
2002 SLK32
2005 CLK320 cabrio
2003 ML350
1997 C280 Sport

Almost looks like the 'fourth state of matter': plasma. It's a good thing it happens fast 'cause it looks terrifying.

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1994 E320 Wagon (Died @ 308,669 miles)
1995 E300 Diesel (228,000)
1999 E300 Turbodiesel ( died @ 255,000)
2006 Toyota Tundra SR5 AC 4X4 (115,000 miles) rusted frame - sold to chop shop
2011 Audi A4 Avant (165,000 miles) Seized engine - donated to Salvation Army
BMW 330 xi 6 speed manual (175,034 miles)
2014 E350 4Matic Wagon 128,000 miles
2018 Dodge Ram 21,000 miles

Awesome photos, Tracy. I'm sending this site around my office. Thanks.

B

PS Did you see that hour-long documentary on atomic tests? It was produced from recently declassified docs and imagery. I think it was released in maybe 1991 or 1992. It reminded me of "duck-and-cover drills when I was a kid. My wife, also a military brat, recalls growing-up on military bases (SAC) thinking about nuclear obliteration. We still come to a standstill with the, "This is a test" announcements on TV or radio.

I also though the pictures to be a bit terrifying. Absolutly amazing how fast the ball grew...mere fractions of a second. The first exposure, I looked at it a long time before deciding that the shape of the sphere, with the blotches of color (or flame, who knows since it is black & white) almost look like a giant model of a molecule. Anyone else notice that?

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'02 CLK320 Cabriolet - wifey's mid-life crisis

2012 VW Jetta Sportwagon TDI...at least its a diesel

Non illegitemae carborundum.

I wondering about that too, Bot? could you please enlighten us.

NOVA did a show back in the 1990's. I think it was a biography of Edgerton. Anybody else see it?