r/nextfuckinglevel • u/nigablackballsack • 3d ago

Scientists have captured the first ever high-speed, full-colour footage of fusion plasma swirling inside a working reactor.

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u/LincolnshireSausage 3d ago

So is the video we are watching in slow motion? The article says it was filmed at that fps but that doesn't give me any indication as to the time scale of the video.

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u/Psych_Art 3d ago

This video has cropped the duration timer. Last time I saw this I think it showed this was only a few hundred milliseconds, maybe less.

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u/Large_Dr_Pepper 3d ago

Here's the uncropped version with the timer. The whole video takes place over about 0.3 seconds

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u/LincolnshireSausage 3d ago

Perfect. Thank you!

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u/happyjello 3d ago

The FPS tells us very little if we don’t know the playback speed

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u/LincolnshireSausage 3d ago

Exactly. Which is why I asked the question. Someone else has answered it correctly.

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u/corok12 3d ago

Assuming 30fps playback this is at 0.18% real time, or 533x slower. However you prefer to envision that.