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Things exploding in slow motion, set to classical music

Rob Beschizza at 9:27 am Fri, Jul 1, 2011

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  • erg79

    Video won’t load for me…but, “things exploding” and “music” together always make me think of the end of Zabriskie Point:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJsW6ta4X8o

  • tpe123

    For a moment I cringed, then I realized it was a mannequin hand.

  • erg79

    Finally got it to load…awesome–ground bloom flowers!

    Happy to live near a city where “safe and sane” fireworks are legal.

  • Mark Crummett

    Bummer. Not viewable on an iPad.

  • CarnyTrash

    Specifically Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture Finale.

  • SmotherBrother

    God bless the Magnited States of America.

  • Anonymous

    you had me at “Things exploding”

  • Aknaton

    Is there some better way to set up the flour so it explodes?

    Ah yes:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqc63UGWhUA

    • morgonmae

      Can you think of an even bigger flour explosion?

      Ah, yes:
      http://www.friendsofthecemetery.org/history/alley_articles/MillExplosion_March2005.shtml

      • Aknaton

        Yeah, that was the sort of thing that made me wonder if flour had been intentionally.

  • Anonymous

    Typical day at Mythbusters?

    and ooh, mayo.

  • Anonymous

    Curiously, this slow mo explo compo takes a long time to load.

    Popsci.com should really get the credit on this one; here’s their original URL:

    Fireworks + Explodables + Ultra-High Speed Phantom HD Camera = The Best Fourth of July Video

    Posted 06.30.2011 at 3:40 pm

    http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-06/celebrating-fourth-july-ultra-slow-motion

  • Anonymous

    Personally I love the drummer in this music – how much more out of time could he/she have been? It sounds just like my old school windband in which I used to play (but slightly less out of tune.)

  • 2HourHiatus

    A floating, oozing mayo jar is always a good closer.