Bullet Through An Apple (colour photograph; cibachrome print) Bullet Through An Apple (colour photograph; cibachrome print) Bullet Through An Apple (colour photograph; cibachrome print)

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Cibachrome high speed photograph entitled 'Bullet Through An Apple', by Harold Edgerton. A .30 caliber bullet shown as it leaves an apple. The velocity of the bullet is 2800 feet per second. The apple explodes after impact. Exposure less than a microsecond.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1978-153/1
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 406 mm x 509 mm
image: 277 mm x 352 mm
type:
colour photograph and cibachrome print
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford