bionerd23 | radioactive camera lens (thorium 232) @bionerd23 | Uploaded August 2009 | Updated October 2024, 16 hours ago.
this lovely ancient super 8 camera contains a lens that was made partly out of the radioactive element thorium.
by adding thorium to the lens glass, a high refractive index could be achieved while maintaining a low dispersion. thus, radioactive camera lenses used to be state-of-the-art in high-demand photography.
this lovely ancient super 8 camera contains a lens that was made partly out of the radioactive element thorium.
by adding thorium to the lens glass, a high refractive index could be achieved while maintaining a low dispersion. thus, radioactive camera lenses used to be state-of-the-art in high-demand photography.
![climbing Duga-3 / Дуга-3, the Russian Woodpecker / Chernobyl-2 radar site [full climb]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yhbtB1qRcdA/hqdefault.jpg "climbing Duga-3 / Дуга-3, the Russian Woodpecker / Chernobyl-2 radar site [full climb]
full climb, GoPro 1st person footage only! skip to 11:40 for 3x speed.
no audio, as the audio is just noise of the camera case rubbing against cloth.
detailed video with narration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l_4fzJv_i0")
