Slow-Motion Video Of Match Head Lighting
This is a slow-motion video of a match lighting at 2,000 frames-per-second, which ends up taking two-and-a-half minutes to watch. It's pretty neat, but not nearly as neat to think about as how the hell they managed to slow down time. *shaking videographer like a ragdoll* TELL ME WHERE YOU'RE HIDING THE WIZARD!
Hit the jump for a pyro's wet dream.
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This Is What Really Happens When a Match Burns [gizmodo]
Thanks to Marc, who once filmed himself setting his sister's favorite Barbie on fire but lost the footage when his sister taped over it filming herself rubbing his favorite Transformer on the dog's butt. Tit for tat!
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