These super-slow-motion pictures show in stunning detail every detail of a bursting soap bubble.

Taken by bubble master Richard Heeks from Exeter, UK, who patiently shot the sequence in his back garden, the intriguing photographs show each stage of the bubble as it disappears.

To get the unique pictures, patient Richard used a macro camera to get in close and patiently waited for a windless day. And to make certain he wasn’t chasing wayward bubbles around all day, he found a secluded spot behind his home where sudden gusts could hardly be felt.

A fast shutter speed of 1/500th of a second made sure he was able to freeze-frame the watery-mass as it shrank away, eventually leaving just soapy droplets hanging in the air.

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