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Camera Catches Shark Attack

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SAN DIEGO, Calif., May 29, 2007 -- Photron Inc.'s ultima APX camera was behind a killer shark attack of a Cape fur seal at dawn, off the southern tip of South Africa, depicted in a recent "Planet Earth" production by the BBC/Discovery Channel. The high-speed imaging wildlife sequence is part of an 11-part Planet Earth series, airing in the US on the Discovery Channel through this month. It included a "Pole to Pole" segment that featured the slow-motion footage of a great white shark attacking a fur seal. BBC’s six-member production crew used Photron’s ultima APX ultrahigh-speed, high-resolution camera to...Read full article

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    Published: May 2007
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    photonics
    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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