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Similarly stunning to the air shots are the scenes filmed in super slow-motion. One of those features a white shark leaping out of the waves to catch a seal. Due to the extreme frame rate of up to 2000 images per second, one gets to comprehend the frightening muscular strength of this huge predator literally squeezing the seal between his jaws.

Watch the White Shark scene on Youtube:

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A scene like this – lasting only about 2 seconds in realtime – stretches to 40-50 seconds on film when captured in super slow-motion. Cinematographer Simon King used a Photron Digital camera which was initially developed for crash-testing cars. “There's no film or tape – it creates digital files that are stored straight on to a laptop.”, King told the Independent.
Of course all this technology needs a constant power supply out in the field. To ensure this, a series of 12 V car batteries was attached.

Watch cinematographer Simon King trying to capture the white shark with the ultra slow-motion camera. A featurette made for the film Earth(2007), which was put together from the same material Planet Earth uses:

http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/earth/danger-zone

Video Source: traileraddict.com

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