This clip is filmed at 2000 frames a second and shows an up-close, slo-mo view of a match being lit. The match head takes two minutes to fully ignite, check it out below.
I wonder what would happen if a million match heads were lit up? The Mythbusters have been there, exploded that. It was part of their YouTube special in 2009. You can find that video after the jump.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poV6lc2b070
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2 replies on “Lighting a Match in Slow Motion”
Nollie! Really dig the Mythbusters video. Really fleshes this post out.
I see ultraslo has other videos, like this banana exploding all over the place. As far as destruction goes, Tempus II is still king.