Double-Flash Microsecond Silhouette Photography

Abstract
Equipment is described to take double‐exposure silhouette photographs of rapidly moving objects. Each exposure time is about ⅕ microsecond, and the time interval between flashes is adjustable. An eight‐inch square Ektalite Fresnel lens is used as a field lens to focus the light from the illuminating spark into the camera lens; it is especially useful for subjects where the lens is frequently damaged. Timing of the first spark is conveniently made for explosions by a photoelectric tube triggered by the light of the explosion. A double exposure photograph of a dynamite blasting cap is given as an example.