This is what happens when you watch 50,000 volts of electricity in super slow motion at 5,000,000 FPS

What happens when you apply an overvoltage to a metal wire? A video of a 50,000 volt voltage being applied and filmed with a super-high performance slow-motion camera has been released on YouTube.

The wire used is nichrome, which is so thin that in theory it should evaporate when overvoltage is applied.

Testing began with four 50,000 volt capacitors connected in parallel.

When voltage was applied, it instantly exploded.

First, let's look at it at 80,000 FPS. At first, a ball of flame burns and gradually grows in size.

Then it flickered violently.

In an instant the wires disappeared.

Next up is 617,000 FPS. First, we get a glimpse of light filtering through the wires.

Next, an orange haze spread.

Then there was a second flash of light. This light is thought to be a 'secondary discharge' caused by residual electricity discharging through a substance other than the wire.

At 5 million frames per second, it looks like there's a beam of light coming out of each end of the wire just before it explodes.

At times, the plasma appeared to appear unevenly on the wire.

Gab and Dan spoke to an expert who said the uneven lighting could be due to the camera's sensor not capturing enough light.