Self-Portrait with Balloon and Bullet - Harold E. Edgerton, 1959

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Harold E. Edgerton creates a whimsical self-portrait protecting his ear as a bullet pierces a balloon, with an ultra-high speed flash at an exposure of one micro-second (one millionth of a second). See "Stopping Time" (1987), p.33. (AH, CC)

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