Blink of an Eye in Slow Motion | The CC-SLOW-MO-SHOW

How fast is the blink of an eye? In this video we attempted to answer this question with our high speed camera but little did we foresee the difficulties that were in store for us! Namely, for filming phenomena in slow motion, the target needs to be well lighted and you cant really shine a lot of light onto an eye. Furthermore, the closure and opening of the eye seemed to vary from person to person and occasionally it was a bit too long for filming at 5000 fps.
The clips for this video were filmed by Captain Corrosion OÜ, a University of Tartu spin-off company and the project is supported by the Estonian Research Council and the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research. The experiments were carried out with the help of the Laboratory of Thin Film Technology, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu and with the assistance of enthusiastic high school students.