{"id":402196,"date":"2019-04-01T03:26:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T02:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/watch-the-speed-of-light-in-slow-motion\/"},"modified":"2019-04-01T03:26:07","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T02:26:07","slug":"watch-the-speed-of-light-in-slow-motion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/watch-the-speed-of-light-in-slow-motion\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the Speed of Light in Slow Motion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                            \t<!-- S3 Cache --><!-- S3:S3:Non-Original -->\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Incredible footage has made it possible to watch the journey light, made up of the universe\u2019s fastest particles, as it travels through a bottle of diluted milk.<\/p>\n<p>The mind-bending footage was captured in a new video from YouTubers The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUK0HBIBWgM2c4vsPhkYY4w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Slow Mo Guys<\/a>\u00a0in an episode of their \u2018Planet Slow Mo\u2019 series.<\/p>\n<p>They used high-tech equipment created by researchers at the\u00a0<a id=\"mol-114b14e0-5208-11e9-a001-475b2a1b491b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/california\/index.html\">California<\/a>\u00a0Institute of Technology (CalTech), which is claimed to be the world\u2019s fastest\u00a0camera.<\/p>\n<p>In the clip, a CalTech researcher reveals what it looks like when a laser beam travels through the water by taking 10 trillion images every second.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Ys_yKGNFRQ\" width=\"600\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The camera, Dubbed T-Cup, was first unveiled in October of last year.<\/p>\n<p>Postdoctoral scholar Peng Wang starts out by recording the speed of light at 100 billion frames per second.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"amazon-element-wrapper-custom align-right last-count\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-med-image\"><span class=\"amazon-image-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Amazon-com-Reveal-Classic-Black-Design\/dp\/B01K8RL0AI?psc=1&amp;SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;tag=lrc18-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=B01K8RL0AI\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51%2By3v%2BHnFL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"amazon-image amazon-image-medium\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-title\"><span class=\"appip-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Amazon-com-Reveal-Classic-Black-Design\/dp\/B01K8RL0AI?psc=1&amp;SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;tag=lrc18-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=B01K8RL0AI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon.com Gift Card i&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-author\"\/><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-formatted-price\"><span class=\"appip-formatted-price\"><span class=\"appip-label label-formatted-price\">Buy New <\/span>$15.00<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-disclaimer-new\"><span style=\"display:block;color:#888;font-size: .80em; padding: 0 0 3px 0;\">(as of 05:10 EDT &#8211; <span style=\"cursor:pointer;\" title=\"Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date\/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on Amazon.com at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.\">Details<\/span>)<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-button\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/aws\/cart\/add.html?AssociateTag=lrc18-20&amp;SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;ASIN.1=B01K8RL0AI&amp;Quantity.1=1\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/wp-content\/mu-plugins\/amazon-ad-link-lr\/img\/buy-from-tan.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span>At this rate, it takes a beam of light about 2,000 picoseconds to travel the length of an average water bottle.<\/p>\n<p>A single picosecond amounts to about one-trillionth of a second.<\/p>\n<p>To see the light as it speeds through the bottle, researchers diluted the water with a small amount of milk.<\/p>\n<p>At a speed of 100 billion frames per second, the light is moving a million times faster than a bullet, according to the Slow Mo Guys.<\/p>\n<p>The video then depicts what it looks like when the speed of light travels at 500 billion frames per second, or about 450 picoseconds.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Wang ratchets the camera up to its maximum speed of 10 trillion frames per second.<\/p>\n<p>A camera then records the beam of light as it travels across a few millimeters of diluted milk.<\/p>\n<p>The whole process takes about 50 picoseconds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-6862367\/Mesmerizing-video-captures-speed-light-looks-like-10-TRILLION-frames-second.html\">Read the Whole Article<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/2019\/03\/no_author\/watch-the-speed-of-light-in-slow-motion\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Incredible footage has made it possible to watch the journey light, made up of the universe\u2019s fastest particles, as it travels through a bottle of diluted milk. The mind-bending footage was captured in a new video from YouTubers The\u00a0Slow Mo Guys\u00a0in an episode of their \u2018Planet Slow Mo\u2019 series. 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