Harold Edgerton


Edgerton was born on April 6, 1903 in Fremont Nebraska, and died January 4, 1990. He was involved with the development of sonar and deep-sea photography, his work was used to scan the sea floor for wrecks. Edgerton worked with undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau, where he gave him custom-designed underwater photography equipment; he also developed sonar equipment used to discover the Britannic. 

 In 1925 Edgerton received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University Of Nebraska. 

 When taking multiflash photographs strobe light equipment he developed could flash up to 120 times a second. Edgerton used this equipment when photographing fast events, to capture images such as balloons at different stages when they burst, he also took photos of a bullet going through an apple.








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