Milk Drop Coronet

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© The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation, courtesy Palm Press, Inc.
Milk Drop Coronet
© The Harold and Esther Edgerton Family Foundation, courtesy Palm Press, Inc. Not for reproduction or publication.

Milk Drop Coronet

Date1957, printed 1985
Artist (American scientist and photographer, 1903–1990)
MediumDye transfer print
Dimensionsimage: 18 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (47 x 34.3 cm)
sheet: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Harold and Esther Edgerton Foundation, 1996
Object number1996-28
On View
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ClassificationsPHOTOGRAPH
Label TextEdgerton began photographing milk dropping onto a plate in 1932, and it took him 25 years to capture this image with its near perfect crown of evenly spaced tips. One of Edgerton's best-known photographs, this work captures the split-second transformation of a falling milk droplet into a coronet as it makes impact.
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Harold Eugene Edgerton
1960, printed 1985
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Harold Eugene Edgerton
1938, printed 1985
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Harold Eugene Edgerton
1973, printed 1985
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Harold Eugene Edgerton
1965, printed 1985
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Harold Eugene Edgerton
1964, printed 1985
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Harold Eugene Edgerton
1964, printed 1985
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Harold Eugene Edgerton
1963, printed 1985
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Harold Eugene Edgerton
1964
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Harold Eugene Edgerton
1964, printed 1985
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Harold Eugene Edgerton
before 1952
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Harold Eugene Edgerton
1942
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Harold Eugene Edgerton
1952