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Elemental Sorcery: Water Shot At 7,000 FPS

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F***in' water -- how does it work?

This is a video of water doing its thing (being wet? I have no idea) at 7,000 frames per second. It...looks drinkable. The water that comes out of the tap in my apartment? Brown. It's so bad it's actually stained the floor of the bathtub. Or is that because I pee in it? The world may never know! (It's because I pee in it, derder)

Hit the jump for the hypnotic wa-wa in action.

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Water Caught at 7000 FPS Is Mesmerizing [gizmodo]

Thanks to Josh, who hates water in slow-motion because it takes so long to shower.

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