Image Of The Split Second Of Detonation

Saturn · March 11, 2009

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegal...March-2009.html

Ripper · March 11, 2009

Saturn said:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegal...March-2009.html

bloody hell!

Saturn · March 11, 2009

Ripper said:
bloody hell!

*literally*

The rest of the series are here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegal...-on-camera.html

AMG · March 11, 2009

Guess those are from the video... snap shots.

Any way its horrible.

tharindu6 · March 11, 2009

oh my god

Overdrive · March 11, 2009

bunch of spineless cowards. The sooner the better our army gets this over and done with.

miniace · March 12, 2009

Saturn said:
The rest of the series are here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegal...-on-camera.html

Thanks saturn for the link....speechless!!!

MINIACE

Devinda_Z · March 12, 2009

living out here we've all seen our fair share of bomb pictures , but dare i say this is the very first time someones been able to capture the exact moment of detonation on film!

its just shocking and staggering how the flames get larger and yet there seems to be minimal reaction from the peopl..

can some of the photo experts shed some light on how long a time frame this set of images might have covered

- i didn't till now even realize that an explosion like that could be captured on film to begin with!

Ripper · March 12, 2009

Devinda_Z said:
living out here we've all seen our fair share of bomb pictures , but dare i say this is the very first time someones been able to capture the exact moment of detonation on film!
its just shocking and staggering how the flames get larger and yet there seems to be minimal reaction from the peopl..

can some of the photo experts shed some light on how long a time frame this set of images might have covered

- i didn't till now even realize that an explosion like that could be captured on film to begin with!

very good point...

normally video cams don't run that many fps by default though you get settings and also high speed cams specialized for that...

OverDrive

ditto that mate...

Devinda_Z · March 12, 2009

Ripper said:
normally video cams don't run that many fps by default though you get settings and also high speed cams specialized for that...

in that case i can't help but head directly for the conspiracy theory and ask begin to wonder if they were waiting for the fireworks...

AMG · March 12, 2009

Devinda_Z said:
in that case i can't help but head directly for the conspiracy theory and ask begin to wonder if they were waiting for the fireworks...

Thought the same thing as this is only possible with a Tripod with auto shoot. Look the camera is steady all the way up to the end of the 'un expectable' fire work.

Ripper · March 12, 2009

Bharath said:
Thought the same thing as this is only possible with a Tripod with auto shoot. Look the camera is steady all the way up to the end of the 'un expectable' fire work.

some cams have image stabilization and if the cam was shooting at a high frame rate all of this could have happened inside of a second...

have no clue as t how long it'll take for a blast wave/fireball to travel... but my guess is that it happens quite fast...

but IMHO...i doubt there was any foul play here... I mean what can they possibly gain out of doing that....

if it's for ltte...it looks even bad on them that this is on camera

if it's for gosl...it still looks bad that even at this later stage we can't secure areas far away from battlefronts...

film cameras normally run at 24fps... if not wrong the human eye can spot anything less than 10fps or so...

the lowest fps on standard video camera is also 24fps...

maybe that frame rate was enough?

Pericles · March 12, 2009

I agree with Ripper. Caught the clip on a TV news show. Thats a normal video cam, 24-27 fps is normal for broadcast video. And that took less than a second. You can see the cameramans reaction time on the vid. The blast spreads at such a rate that people don't have time to react.

Besides Dev, I dunno what the rate of expansion of gas is in an explosion, but if its faster than the speed of sound, first indication those people would have is when the shock wave knocks them down. Even athletes waiting for a starters run take a bit of time to react, but when this happens right behind you when your not expecting it, I guess there really isn't even time for a reaction before you get thrown off your feet.