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clock-iconPUBLISHEDJune 16, 2014

Shooting An AK-47 Under Water

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Justine Alford

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Smarter Every Day

Check out this awesome YouTube video from Smarter Every Day where the team shoot an AK-47 underwater and capture what happens at 27,450 frames per second. In this video you'll see a wicked example of cavitation which is the rapid formation and collapse of vapor pockets in a liquid, resulting in oscillating bubbles of gas in the water. 

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