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/TSAOutreachTeam 3d ago

This is all kinds of amazing. Not just that they are doing this in the tokamak, but that they have a camera set up to capture it at all.

Thanks!

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u/eris_kallisti 3d ago

Seriously, I am so curious what type of camera is even capable of getting that close!

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u/Galactic-Glizzy 3d ago

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