15,000MPH Colliding Explosions in Super Slow Motion - The Slow Mo guys 

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Its been a blast of year again with your videos!

Could you do a whip next

Thanks. It was a last minute addition but I’m going to try and do that kind of thing more. Need to make an effort to get a shot with the angles perfectly matched.

I was creasing at the idea of the picture being real and they actually did one going off in someone's hands

Such a good image superimposed with the shape charge going out of what looks like Dan's hands, bravo!

@@bencutter9084 if they did.. Dan would DEFINITELY deserve new overalls.

@@theslowmoguysTrue. I always thought it goes off in the opposite direction

Yes, that was interesting! I know that exact feeling, though I had the experience with much much more modest equipment. I tried to photograph a DJ in a really dark surrounding. Flash photography wasn't an option, nor was a tripod. So? You pull out all the stops available! I put on the lens with the fastest f-stop I had, set that lens to wide open, I pushed the ISO sensitivity of the dSLR to as high as it could go (while accepting a heap of sensor noise) and I dropped the shutter speed as low as I dared to go while shooting hand-held. There was nothing left on the table, I was at the very edge of what my hardware could do, but I got the shot I wanted.

dude, he adjusted a setting. That's it.

@@Zpicismrad guys watch out it's the fun police

​@@Zpicismrad I can tell you've never had to do anything serious with something you've never used before.

​@@Zpicismrad Adjusted it out of the zone of normal and well into the zone of "this is getting to the edge of what the camera can even do", likely into the zone of being a combination he's never even thought about using before. For all he knew at that point, it was a combination that doesn't make sense or will ruin all but very very specific shots that this isn't one of, and is only selectable because it won't damage the camera. Of course he was nervous, he can only extrapolate from experiences in less ridiculous scenarios, experience which might not be a completely reliable guide.

Go look at some of the Manhattan Project x-ray high speed films of the implosion. Same basic thing, smaller distances and far more than one charge, but really educational as to what's happening when shockwaves meet and metals in different phases combine at high speed.

I mean it's mostly the first time that we (the general public) are seeing this (due to most people not really being interested in this sort of thing), but obviously people who are in this field have seen all of this before. It's definitely not the first time it's being recorded in human history. People in academia/ the military have much better access to explosives, conditions and camera equipment. Still, it's cool that two relatable guys are doing these fun things and presenting them to us (the general public) to watch.

You need to read more.

This is decades old research.

@@leocurious9919 It is indeed, but It was (to me) always presented like a stream or "noodle" of melted material instead of a small tip

@@leovodica9975 Many people spread nonsense for whatever reason. However, it is indeed a "noodle", albeit solid. The tip is just the fastest part that impacts first. Think of it like a carrot.

I don't know how or what the subject would be but a colab with Kyle Hill would probably basically be an episode of Mythbusters.

@@johnofthenorth6653 How about getting Adam Savage in on it ;)

I said the same thing on my comment, they are the same as the golden age of Mythbusters

Goes full circle since they were mentioned in an early series myth (soda and mentos).

I actually got Mythbusters in my reccomendations with this video

The universe is fractal in scale. You're looking at enormous things far away, they're looking at (relatively) tiny things close up. Time scales with size.

@@sireuchre That's what this sounds like to me as well. Depending on your frame of reference, all of those phenomena appear like they are streams of particles (of varying sizes) that are moving through space and colliding with other particles. Why should they not look similar to our "cameras". Mind you, I have no prior knowledge about any of the science behind any of this :D. I am just making a guess based on the footage and the comment of mikip.

As a nerd it reminded me of Vice-Admiral Amilyn Holdo jump to hyperspace through Supreme Leader Snoke's flagship, the Supremacy, to defeat the First Order fleet in a suicide attack. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-s2hM1tyEL0U.htmlsi=wdPvtWVWsrUkaglZ&t=89

WTH this is what happens in space during star explosion 🤯. And people study this their whole life.🤯

@@sireuchre This is a good observation. But in science you have to be careful about scale-invariance (the "fractal" nature of things you are refering to). For example, if scale-invariance was always the rule then why gravity asembles matter in spheres in the planetary/stellar scale, discs in the galactic scale, filamentary structures in the megaparsec scale and an homogeneus foam structure in the cosmological scale? Is the same force operating on matter, and yet, suprisingly, there is a huge variety of forms at all scales. Another example is flying. One would think that the same principles would apply to the flight of a bird and an insect, but in fact It's completely different (bees use their wings almost like if those were paddles, to move thought the same air as birds do, but due to their smaller scale the air is physically percieved as a more viscuos fluid). Is important to know this because It is easy to jump to the conclusion that the universe is a self-similar repeating structure and say that supernova explosions are just scaled-up versions of a grande blasts. This might be true for some specific characteristics but overall is not the same at all. And the fascinating thing is that studying why scale matters and why they indeed are trully different. So when I see a video like this, I wonder about how exactly one could recognize what we are looking at without knowing where the footage came from, and with which scale of space and time are we dealing here just by the looks. If there is no way to tell the difference, then yeah this is a scale-invariant phenomena, but if there are slight hints then It is an awesome oportunity to learn about what sets astrophysical jets apart from these human-scale explosions.

there is alot of VFX artits that use these as refrece. this will definetly be top of the list now

probably more like 7

And $100,000 worth of equipment. Its not just two guys in a hole.

@@peachulemonColorado?m

+ alot of explosive material and im assuming few other ppl what are asseble them..

Essayons!

ESSAYONS! @@douglasboyle6544

I was a Sapper in the British army. Hugs x

Then put them in a circle, all facing a bit to the right of the center, to create an explosion tornado. (an immeasurable step up from the fire tornado)

No, in a sphere of the exact diameter calculated for maximum impact at spherical dead center... With one charge at each pole, two charges opposite each other at the equator and two charges opposite each other at 45 degrees and ALL CHARGES PERFECTLY focused at the absolute center of the sphere and timed perfectly to go off at dead center impact... Then back off a mile or so just to be safe!

And than some Uranium 235....

2:35 forbidden fleshlight

Don't worry he gave it a good one off camera

2:34 you know it

I like the comparison to a bullet, too. It's helpful for putting the numbers with lots of zeros behind/in front of the decimal place in to relatable context.

You know he's banged it

I always wonder if scientist or such ask them to see and study their footage to help them learn things about their craft?

I'm sure shape charges have been seen using high speed cameras long ago. The military had a 10,000,000 fps camera in the 1950s.

@@drooplugcan you provide a source for that statement?

@@drooplug 10 000 not 10 000 000

​@@Gideonite Wikipedia 🤔

I wonder how different things would be today if this tech was available just a mere 100 years ago. The stuff we get to play with today is insane . I stand in awe of our daily lives , all the time.

@@texasslingleadsomtingwong8751 Wait a mere 100 years and we'll know the answer to that.

Gave me an interstellar vibe. Felt like I was in space for a sec. . .

I am awe-inspired and glad that I am not the only one who cried at this point.

Gav nailed it with the JJ Abrams quip

Poor man's fusion reactor

Well, they also filmed at 10million fps

@@summerthongsuwan3419 A distinction that doesn't really change the point or meaning of the comment.

And they are still just two blokes having fun.

2036: Today we are here at the Moonbase Ultra-Large Hadron Collider, colliding electrons and protons directly into each other and filming with our electron-micro-phantom-pro 9001, with full color X-Ray, filming at 1 trillion frames per second in full 8k resolution.

10,000fps!? - That was the full title of a video 12 years ago and it was just Gav smashing coffee mugs on concrete. Lol

And also is a good demonstrattion of how a "beam struggle" is kinda wrong, knowing what we know of physics and how light works.

@@FlyingCIRCU175 Depends, a lot of beams out there but in DB specifically the beam is not light.

Kamehameha duel is the first thing I thought of too.

😅Same. We're all hopeless aren't we

Reminds me of when they hit that molten metal with the cricket bats. Somehow these guys perfectly capture silly and goofy content while producing magical and mesmerizing visuals. I love them so much

Same lol. Glad there's fans everywhere

exactly my reaction lmao, i had to rewatch him say that like three times to believe it

I can't stand the game anymore but that got a laugh out of me

They shiuld do it again but with perfectly on point collision, they really just need to place them 30cm apart too

The copper acts as a plastic mass of greater density than what you'd achieve from the expanding gas behind the shockwave. Remember: If the copper was vaporized, it would expand into a greater volune as becomes a gas.

Number 1 moment of 2024. Already unbeatable 😂😂😂

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It goes beyond art - someone's going to be writing up scientific papers on this footage.

@@Solnoric exactly what I was telling my daughter, some one just got their Doctoral thesis!

Pretty sure I saw a Higgs particle fly by too

The slowmo of asshair-removal that Gavin just uploaded to the F**KFACE youtube channel beg to differ

Agree

Yes, fascinating, so much going on

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Beyond.

Their golden age is behind them. It's nice that they still try to think of something new every once in a while though. Truth is, they've been doing this for so long they just can't make content like they used to. They've already done so much stuff it's hard not to be redundant and repeat things.

@@bestieswithtesties I disagree

@@bestieswithtesties hard disagree. I feel like every second video is something incredible i've never seen before. Either visually or conceptually. I think they're going as strong as ever.

@@z0bi_ They've already done so much for so long that they're forced to really think outside the box to keep coming up with new ideas. It's still interesting but let's be real. Their prime was their days of tens of millions of views, big budget projects for RU-vid red, etc. Now they're in the second half of their career where it's a smooth slow ride to inevitable retirement.

Agree!!!

Let that be, it would be the end of the world... 😱

I wonder if they might be able to aim a bit more precisely by welding on a length of pipe to the 'exit' side of the metal plate, or whether that would interfere with the jet? There's a million cool things one could try with those things, but I imagine they're quite expensive toys . . .

@@stickiedmin6508 I think the easiest way would be to build a frame/jig. Like, build the frame of a long rectangle and have the plates on the ends, like caps.

@@Erteywie Are those shaped charge explosives consistently 'accurate' enough to confidently predict *_exactly_* where the jet will end up? Given the way they're usually used, I wouldn't expect that it's the kind of thing they put a lot of effort into during manufacture. Before this I honestly had no idea how narrow and tiny the copper jets really were - I imagine it would be frustratingly difficult to get two of them to hit each other _exactly_ square on...

Whats ND?

@@MISHBASHneutral density, I.e grey.

@@DrDeuteron They're not exactly grey, at least none that I've ever seen or used (not that grey can't exist). The footage looked grey because at those speeds, the video is shot in black and white

@@DrDeuteron It's _neutral_ because it decreases all light equally; it has a neutral preference of light reduction (I assume absorption). Most things are frequency dependent and different wavelengths come thru different. With the ND filters, you get a net reduction with no changes on color.

@@caodesignworks2407 They pretty much are a perfect grey. Not just appearing grey to us but just a flat absorption all across the spectrum.

And it looks like Dan has trimmed down. Good for him.

@@RichyJFilms it’s not even true. Copper is used because of a combination of its ductility and properties when under compression. The copper isn’t being vaporised - the exact opposite is happening. It’s being compacted down into an extremely thin rod of 10kmps liquid metal. Copper vaporisation expansion isn’t why it goes bang. Thats the result of the high explosive. Copper expansion is a problem for other fields, like metal works dealing with copper powders etc. if they go bang, they go bang very loudly.

As i believe the world to be, so it is.

But isn't the effect the exact opposite? They want to concentrate the copper into a smaller projectile of molted material so it goes through whatever it encounters more effectively. It also concentrates a big amount of energy in it.

But isn't the effect the exact opposite? They want to concentrate the copper into a smaller projectile of molted material so it goes through whatever it encounters more effectively. It also concentrates a big amount of energy in it.

Make sure your facts are actually supported by fact next time you claim something. Copper does NOT turn into plasma, vaporize nor melt into a liquid. It simply is plastically deforming under extreme pressure. No phase change is happening in the copper. Although metal does behaves in a quasi-liquid like state under those extreme forces it's not actually a liquid, Common misconception

We won't allow it again. More than enough alma mater and board members are not having it.

@@Katchi_ I'm not buying it. how about a link to this dissenting opinion.

@@GreenCurryiykyk nah we probably will do it again, no clue what bro is on about.

colorado school of mines is a engeering school not mining

​@liamnix1725 well they can mine the knowledge SMG brings , lol

That is not correct. It ionizes and turns into a sort of gas. It does not melt. This is also why you do not find melted copper on the battle field, it evaporates instead. Watch a few battlefield clips and you can literally see it evaporates into a yellow mist/gas. The rod is hydrostatic(or act like it), it does not burn its way through the metal, it pushes through like when you drop a rock into water.

They could easily sell the footage for special effects companies to use :D This actually makes me think a collab with Corridor could be a lot of fun, trying to recreate and analyze the slow mo explosion in CGI

The first one reminded me of the Final KO "GAME!" effect in Smash Bros

Yes. It looks like two supernovas colliding against each other!

God if Slo-mo Guys and Corridor collabed I'd probably just die on the spot. Having witnessed absolute perfection and all.

@@Fasteroid Slo-mo artists react? :D

I know the lasers are the more precise and consistent way of aligning things. But given how good Dan is, he should have aligned it by Dan eye 😆

we know Dan is truly in his element when he's inside of a giant water balloon

@@janefkrbtt imagine if they did a video where he’s in a water balloon and they burst it using explosives.

​@@Sentient_Zee"I'm Gav" "and I'm Dan" "and today we're testing if you can survive a nuclear explosion from inside a 6ft water balloon!"

​@@Sentient_Zee Let's be honest here, if the idea has occurred to us, they're probably already planning it...

The footage really felt astronomical!

ND filters just reduce the light entering the lens. They allow you to decrease the brightness with the same shutter speed (like he talks about in the video) or maintain the same brightness with a lower shutter speed. Lower shutter speeds (longer exposures) create motion blur. Think long exposures of bodies of water that make the water look smooth and give a dreamy feel.

It's just a filter that's dark, so there's less light entering the camera. They usually come in stops (and it's logarithmic), so an ND3 basically lowers the incoming light by 1 stop.

The quickest explanation is sunglasses for cameras. 🕶️

If you want to shoot with a filmic setup, you film at a 180 degree angle. So e.g. 23,976 FPS, and a shutter speed, at twice the amount. But if you do that in sunlight, your video will get over exposed. So you give your video camera sunglasses on - ND filters. Do a search on the 180° rule in cinema.

Not disagreeing with the rest of your comment, but that's not what the 180° rule is.

😂👌🏼

Nice Darth Nihilus pfp

You get two copper cones.

Blackhole forms

I'm fairly certain it would get even brighter. Assuming a perfect collision both jets would be decelerated to 0 in an even shorter distance and time than they were originally sent scooting. The conservation of energy states that all the kinetic energy would be converted to thermal energy. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if we got well into the X-ray spectrum...

@@andersjjensenThat's how you expose Dan to enough Gamma radiation to become the new Abomination.

also I guess similarly to what I think Smarter Every Day with bullets, they would also shatter the material of the cones outward, perpendicular to the direction they were shot at.