It seems that anything shot using the Phantom high-speed camera looks amazing, and that’s more than true with the National Geographic/Cincinnati Zoo collaboration on cheetahs. Simply filming cheetahs running in a straight line, the Phantom slows that incredible speed down using a 1200 frames per second shutter.

With this fantastic slow motion, you can really get a sense for how the cheetah runs such amazing speeds.

Cheetahs on the Edge–Director’s Cut from Gregory Wilson on Vimeo.

 

Sadly, Cheetahs are among the world’s most vulnerable big cats, and their numbers are dwindling. Read more about Cheetah conservation here.


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