magnesium

Let's be honest, the best part of High School Chemistry was definitely setting stuff on fire, which is probably why we enjoyed the latest "Beauty of Science" video so much. Following up on his stunning Crystalization timelapse, Yan Liang decided to capture combustion next.

Long before high-sync speedlights were ever a thing, there was a bleeding-edge technology that forever changed the way people photographed subjects. It was called magnesium flash powder.

This is what the new Nikon D4 looks like when stripped down to its rugged magnesium alloy frame.