Scientist Films Slow-Motion Footage of Snake Attacks to Discover How They Kill
A scientist spent years filming slow-motion footage of snakes launching at and attacking their prey -- to reveal exactly how they kill.
Watch a Spark Plug Versus a Car Window at 800,000 FPS Slow Motion
The Slow Mo Guys tested out the new Phantom TMX 7510 -- the fastest Phantom yet -- by capturing a slow-motion close-up video of a spark plug breaking a car window at an incredible 800,000 frames per second.
Watch the Inside of a Model Rocket Engine Ignite in Slow Motion
Cutting stuff in half and capturing things in slow motion both tend to turn the mundane into something really interesting, so YouTube channel Warped Perception decided to do both to a model rocket engine. Do NOT try this at home.
Incredible High Speed Video of Lightning Captured at 11,000 Frames Per Second
According to the Encyclopedia of World Climatology, lightning happens about 40–50 times per second worldwide; that translates into almost 1.4 billion flashes per year. But of the 1.4 billion that happen in 2011, we're pretty sure this was the only one captured at 11,000 frames per second, turning a one second lightning flash into an incredible 6 minute experience.