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Team Films the Speed of Light at 10 Trillion Frames Per Second And It’s Incredible



The Slow Mo Guys, famed for their slow-motion recordings, visited Caltech this time to use the quickest camera in existence. What did they specifically want to shoot? The speed of light is 10 trillion frames per second.

They often employ superb cameras, but to put things in perspective, those cameras are still 20 million times slower than this one from Caltech. Together, they made an effort to measure the speed of light. Picoseconds and femtoseconds are used to measure the speeds. We can see why the Slow Mo Guys are thrilled with their latest endeavor.


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