Harold Edgerton

Untitled (Bullet through helium bubble)

c. 1967

A bullet pierces a soap bubble on a vertical stand, spraying droplets to the right.
A bullet pierces a soap bubble on a vertical stand, spraying droplets to the right.
Recto

Not on view

Date
c. 1967

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 23 7/8 × 20 in. (60.6 × 50.8 cm) Image: 22 1/8 × 18 5/16 in. (56.2 × 46.5 cm)

Accession number
96.117.15

Edition
3/5

Credit line
Gift of The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation

Rights and reproductions
© 2010 MIT. Courtesy of MIT Museum.

API
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