YouTubers capture giant 6ft balloon popping in ultra slow motion at 82,000FPS and the result is insane
YouTubers have captured a giant 6ft balloon popping in ultra slow motion at 82,000 frames per second (FPS) and the result is insane.
The clip shows the balloon splitting close up in motion that is so slow, you can see where the rip begins from.
Filmed for the YouTube channel, The Slow Mo Guys, hosts Gav and Dan got to work filling up a giant balloon with water so they could see it popping in slow-mo.
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Dan jumped onto the balloon from a height and the pair broke the footage down to 82,000 FPS, so we’re able to see the tiny details of the balloon breaking under Dan’s weight.
In the video, they said: “I don't think we've ever seen it break like that, little tiny shards, tiny tears in the rubber.”
At a faster speed, the YouTubers said that “it looked like it burst more” and “exploded” but slowing it right down, you can see the “different textures, it's rougher where the balloon stays for longer”.
The YouTubers continued: “It somehow looks totally different to when we've done it before
“It's a completely different watch, it's a factor of the speed.”
The short clip of Dan jumping onto the balloon which was mere seconds was turned into 78 minutes of footage.
They added: “Look how fast that rip is and it seems to be, if you look closely here, it looks like it's zigzag.
“It must just be finding the weakest points in the rubber.”
The experiment left viewers in shock by the incredible result, watching where the rip in the balloon originated from in fragments of a second.
Taking to the YouTube comment section, one user wrote: “I'm still just blown away by how Dan is basically just frozen in time while those rips are just running through the balloon ... friggin wild.”
Another said: “Seeing the balloon rip away and leave a frozen mass of water under Dan is so surreal. After all these years of watching all kinds of crazy stuff in slow motion, blowing up a water balloon still has me glued to the screen.”
A third posted: “Surreal. The balloon disappears in seconds while Dan has barely moved a couple of millimeters in that timespan. Really cool demonstration of how relatively slow gravity is.”
And a fourth added: “The zig-zagging of the tears was so satisfying. I'm glad you decided to film it slower.”