Fastest Object in Slow Motion

[Stronz Vanderploeg]

Did a quick google search and couldn't find anything relevant. Just wondering what is the fastest thing ever recorded in slow motion or regular motion for that matter?

A few things come to mind (hummingbird wings, bullets, etc) but I'm sure there are much faster things that have been recorded.

Thoughts?

 

[Jeremy_Sawatzky]

this is the first thing that comes to my mind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1q_rRicAwI

 

[Buck Forester]

The fastest thing I've ever seen filmed is my wife buying a pair of shoes.

 

[Mike 'Fireman' Ross]

this is the first thing that comes to my mind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1q_rRicAwI

I was going to mention this, but you beat me to it. Interesting to note that the 'flame' seen on this shot isn't from burning propellant; railguns are purely electrical. But the sabot is travelling so fast the shockwave ionises the air as it passes, producing a plasma...

Mike

 

[Mark Phelan]

I was going to mention this, but you beat me to it. Interesting to note that the 'flame' seen on this shot isn't from burning propellant; railguns are purely electrical. But the sabot is travelling so fast the shockwave ionises the air as it passes, producing a plasma...

Mike

That's why Montana reinstated the speed limit.

 

[paulherrin]

hahaha

 

[Louis Maddalena]

that rail gun clip is pretty cool... the fastest thing i've ever seemed filmed for tv was a bullet being shot near glass containers to see if the shockwave could break the glass (mythbusters)

 

[TimWitte]

I don't know if this is the fastest object but bullets look pretty cool at 1000000 fps...

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

 

[Nick Gardner]

Again, not the fastest, but one of my favorite examples of kinetic energy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7eI4vvlupY&feature=related