tags: slow motion popcorn, streaming video
Okay, this is a short video, but it is nonetheless interesting. Have you ever wondered what popping popcorn looks like in slow motion? Well, thanks to a special camera that captures 5,400 frames per second, you can now see exactly what happens to popcorn [0:17]
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Cool. It looks like something from the other end of the speed spectrum: those time-lapse videos of plants blooming.
Why does the kernel jump up before it starts to split open?
#2: Probably there's a jet of steam emerging from the split in the shell (which would reasonably be next to the heating surface).
So very awesome.