2018-02-01

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Steve Mould

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Resonating balloons look really odd on camera. What you see is a sort of slow motion. It's actually the stroboscopic effect. The image is made stranger by the addition of rolling shutter.

Here are the other videos I mention in this one:

Gravitational waves video featuring the stroboscopic effect at the end: /youtube/video/dw7U3BYMs4U

Fidget spinner video featuring rolling shutter: /youtube/video/G7hh42AgBlQ

Resonance video: /youtube/video/dihQuwrf9yQ

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