Awesome Slow Motion

If Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage were reincarnated as a cat and a dog, it might look something his. Good thing their Tested.com team captured the action in 240fps slow motion for the world to enjoy.

The old bridge over Lake Marble Falls met its maker as the Texas DOT conducted a controlled demolition of the structure. Photographer Kirk Drummond captured the explosion in glorious 300fps slow-mo with a RED EPIC camera.

BBC’s Earth Unplugged films a golden eagle named Tilly to learn the functions of her various feathers. Worth watching just to see her chilling stare. Now imagine if this video wasn’t staged.

When you work with a legend like Bill Murray, it’s only natural that you ask for something to remember it. These filmmakers got more than they asked for when he granted their wish for a slo-mo walk instead of an autograph though.

BBC’s Earth Unplugged records a Goshawk hunting dummy prey in slow motion, including a defenseless water balloon. Watch and learn why its handler calls it “the cheetah of the sky.”

We’ve seen the Festival of Colors as a fun party. Variable on the other hand presents it as a surreal, transcendent experience, as if the colors were hope, joy and life itself springing forth. Shot on a Phantom Flex at 2560fps.

Maybe it’ll get old some day, but for now, we’re still amazed by the super-slow-mo footage of the Phantom Miro camera, as it captures the gymnastic and athletic skills of Australia’s BOUNCE Free Jumping Revolution Team.

RatedRR merely mentions Jurassic Park as an excuse to blow up a dinosaur with a semi-automatic SPAS-12 shotgun, capturing some truly epic slow-mo footage along the way.

By using a Spyder III Krypton green laser beam to light strips of flash paper set into bottles with a small amount of alcohol in them, WorldScott puts on not only a cool, but short pyrotechnics show, but plays a little tune.

Smarter Every Day talks about the Prince Rupert’s Drop. Made of molten glass that’s been dripped into cold water, its thick end is very durable, but the slightest of cracks on its tail end causes it to explode.

Cross Jackass with Mythbusters and you get the Danish show Dumt & Farligt. Watch the highlights from its second season in slow motion. The song is Young and Dumb by Rangleklods.

Cutting room floor footage from Fluke’s slow-mo Vibrations of some dude’s rapidly shaking head captured at 1000 fps. It’s not a pretty sight. Might be better to keep your mouth closed next time.

Illusionist, tinkerer, and all-around cool guy Brusspup stimulates our eyes and our brains with huge bubbles filled with dry ice vapors and a spectacular fog show when they each explode.

Here’s something you won’t learn in school: ink drops plus H2O times full screen divided by 4K resolution equals amazing. Remember that because it will be on the test at the end of the awesomester.

Juan Etchegaray’s masterpiece: a compilation of men hurling rocks using their non-dominant hand. This is the exact opposite of the phrase “poetry in motion.” The song is La noyée by Carla Bruni.

Micha Hurni of Swisstricks shows off his tricking moves in various locations around Switzerland. Filmed at 400fps with a Sony FS700. The song is Seven Lions’ remix of Cosmic Love.

The Slow-Mo Guys combine some gloppy old paint with fireworks and capture the wanton destruction with their 1600fps Phantom Flex camera for nothing more than sheer entertainment value.

Scott Winn & Jay Davis worked with Halfbrick Studios – creator of Fruit Ninja – to make this awesome slow-motion video depicting the titular character. Props to the star for his swordsmanship.

The Slow Mo guys filled a couple of containers with gasoline, set them on fire and then expelled the flammable liquid, capturing the chaos at 2500 fps. Remember, they do this so you don’t have to.

Conan O’Brien whips out the super-slow-motion camera once again, dealing out a generous serving of Christmas-themed destruction. Andy Richter’s Flashdance tribute is priceless.

Be mesmerized by the limber and graceful figures of cheetahs, filmed at 1200fps using a Phantom camera. A collaboration between Nat Geo and the Cincinnati Zoo. Directed by Greg Wilson.

During the Olympics, we got to enjoy a variety of Slow-Mo clips from Conan O’Brien. Here’s some no-less-amusing (and no-less-gross) footage from the cutting-room floor. What the hell did Spidey eat?

The Slow Mo Guys emulate the “kick” from Inception where Cobb falls backwards into the bath tub, replicating the effect on a shoestring budget (other than the $150k Phantom camera.)