Milk Drop in Milk (sequence)

Object summary

Title: Milk Drop in Milk (sequence)
Object ID: HEE-NC-35007
Date made: 1935
Maker: Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Object type: Negative
Major collection: Technology; Photography
Named collection: Harold E. Edgerton Collection
On view: No

Description

A high-speed photograph, likely produced in 1935, captures the instant in which a drop of milk has just fallen into a container of milk -- something that would not be visible to the unassisted eye. This is the first out of nine images in the sequence. (CC)