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Underwater Explosions (Science with Alan Sailer!)

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Destin from SmarterEveryDay enlists the help of high-speed photographer Alan Sailer to capture a series of astonishing underwater explosions. Some surprises in the footage lead Destin to delve into a very complicated problem in fluid dynamics.

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Want to see more high-speed photos of explosions by Alan Sailer? Take a look at his photography site here

Also to further understand cavitation, check out the definitions provided through Princeton University and Wikipedia
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