The technique used to create this photograph was pioneered by Harold Edgerton, a MIT prof. He used a strobe light to freeze time and capture fast-moving objects. Follow the external links on the wikipedia page to see some of his early photographs. Edgerton center at MIT http://web.mit.edu/Edgerton/www/HighSpeed.html Video of milk drop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXOjZGScfH4 BBC video of his work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9O5WuvLwdA his video biography at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5471339574157989093&hl=en# P.S. The video biography may be disappointing to some because it actually a hagiography... no criticism... dégueulasse !