Youāre doing the Fourth of July wrong if youāre not spending it with lots of food, lots of fireworks, and lots of tiny flags. But if youād rather just stare at your phone all day, director David Ma has combined all the requisite Fourth of July traditions into a slo-mo extravaganza of patriotic destruction.
In Durham, North Carolina, thereās an internet famous train trestle bridge thatās been shearing the roofs off of tall trucks for years now. Thereās lots of footage of the 11-foot-8-inch bridge eating trucks, but none as spectacular as this recreation the Slow Mo Guys created, which was captured in super-satisfying,ā¦
A real fireworks show requires trained professionals to handle the explosive materials, and a location thatās safe for fiery debris to rain down onto. But as The Slow Mo Guys discovered, you can get a similarly satisfying explosive experience with a high-speed camera and a couple of fruit-blasting cannons.
Thereās a lot of mythology around what a martial arts master is capable of, from leaping between buildings to turning invisible. But The Slow Mo Guys and their slow-mo camera spent some time with three Shaolin monks who demonstrated an amazing ability to throw a needle through a sheet of glass.
Everything is cooler in slow motion, and when the Slow Mo Guysā point their high-speed cameras at a pair of massive sumo wrestlers with a combined weight of over 1,000-pounds, you can actually see the shockwaves rippling through their bodies as the two near-immovable competitors collide in the ring.
Tired of waiting weeks for the Slow Mo Guysā latest experiment with their high-speed cameras? Over the next 12 weeks, the duoās new YouTube Original series Super Slow Show is going to deliver an almost daily dose of slo-mo goodness with bigger explosions, celebrity guests, and bigger risks, all recorded at thousandsā¦
I realize that airbags have saved countless lives since they were introduced in the early ā70s, but that doesnāt make the idea of having a giant pillow explode in your face any less terrifying. Especially after watching the explosive mechanism that fills an airbag in just 0.03 seconds detonate in super slow motion.
As tragic as it is to accidentally drop an elaborate Lego creation, it can also occasionally be quite cathartic to watch thousands of plastic bricks shatter in all directions. But Iām glad it was David Windestal and his crew who went to all the trouble of building this 3,152-piece Lego Super Star Destroyer beforeā¦
Strategically place a ring of fans around a roaring fire and you can turn a relaxing way to toast marshmallows into a terrifying tornado of flames. The effect is even more fascinating in super-slow motion, and when you toss a tiny plastic ATV into the flames, it ends up looking like a stunt from a Hollywoodā¦
Throw a pebble into a still pond, and the shockwaves from the disturbance will ripple out in all directions in nearly perfect concentric circles. But disturb the fine mesh of a window screen thatās soaked with rain or morning dew, and the shockwave will ripple out with a unique, four-pointed star pattern.
Thereās no denying that a massive bolt of electricity streaking hundreds of miles across the sky is one of Mother Natureās most impressive demos. But when seen through the lens of Dustin Farrellās high-speed camera, lightning becomes even more phenomenal as it slowly zig-zags its way from the clouds to the earthā¦
When people fantasize about being ninjas, theyāre not day-dreaming about sneaking up on their enemies; itās all about the sword play. The Slow Mo Guys are no exception, and realized that playing around with a katana sword would result in some spectacular slo-mo footage.
Can you really split a bullet with a sword? The Slow Mo Guys tested the logistics of such a feat, but using a safer approach that involved a giant super-sharp knife and a pellet gun firing tiny projectiles to minimize any undesired resultsālike one of them getting hit, or their incredibly expensive slo-mo cameraā¦
When you get exclusive access to a 150-foot-tall tower, youāre going to want to do more than just take in the view. So when the team from How Ridiculous got just such an opportunity, they made the most of it, hauling a heavy anvil to the top and then dropping it on a stack of spray paint cans on the ground below.
The odds of two paintball projectiles colliding in mid-air during a match are incredibly slim. And even if they did, the resulting explosion would happen so fast your eyes would barely see it. But with some clever timing, even more luck, and a Phantom V2511 high-speed camera recording at 28,500 frames per second, youā¦
In the United States, itās illegal to interfere with any aircraft soaring over your property. So if your neighborās drone is caught spying on you, you canāt just shoot it out of the air. But apparently the laws are different in Sweden, where you can take down drones using impossibly dangerous weapons; like aā¦
Despite an endless list of fascinating and destructive experiments you can try, microwaves should really only be used to heat food. Not lightbulbs, not highlighters, and definitely not an airbag from a car. Unless youāve got a high-speed camera to record the microwaveās door turning into a high-speed missile.
Drop a lit match in water, and it will immediately be extinguished. But model rocket engines, made mostly of potassium nitrate, sulphur, and charcoal, will burn all the way through even when completely submerged. As this high-speed footage reveals, to test a rocket engineās apathy to H2O, youāll want to findā¦
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