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Thread: .38 caliber bullet shatters on hitting Prince Rupert's drop - GIF

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  1. Jan 30, 2019, 04:00 PM #1
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    Different GIF, same source. A bullet shatters on the Rupert's drop, and then the drop shatters apparently due to vibration.

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    How powerful vibration can be to take a bullet before it resonates to death at 223368 frames per second.
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    Interesting to watch the glass stem begin to shatter from the base, then propagate to the spot the bullet hit.

    How do they get video footage like that?
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