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For Edgerton to capture the detailed action with maximum effect in this multiple-exposure (or multiflash) photograph taken in 1940, Desjardin had to dive into the MIT pool in darkness. The flash, firing evenly at 20 flashes per second while the camera shutter remained open for the duration of the event--less than one and a half seconds--superimposed his image on itself in the early part of the dive; then, as his body accelerated, the space he traveled between flashes increased. (see"Stopping Time" (1987), pp. 95 & 97). (CC)

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1. Z man says:

   October 16, 2011 at 9:21 am

   SWAN DIVE!!!

2. webersky says:

   February 29, 2012 at 9:59 pm

   I think that is a full twist. If I understand the process of taking this sort of photo Pete had to start his dive entirely in the dark since this shows only what happens after the board is bent down. Then he had to do the rest of it in a burst of strobe – including picking his point of entry in to the water.