Estas im&aacute;genes tomadas a una velocidad de 1/8000 segundos dan una idea del poder destructivo y del peligro que representa la p&oacute;lvora de venta legal que muchos ni&ntilde;os manipular&aacute;n en estas fiestas. El Faro prob&oacute; el efecto de la explosi&oacute;n de diversos productos e hizo un experimento que suelen hacer los menores: quemar un volcancito de p&oacute;lvora extra&iacute;da a los pirot&eacute;cnicos. <a href='http://elfaro.net/es/200912/video/795/La-diversión-que-está-por-venir.htm' target=''>Vea la versi&oacute;n en v&iacute;deo</a>.<br />

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Sin embargo, al ponerlo dentro del fruto...&lt;/p&gt;"},"cms-image-000001041-jpg":{"feat":"0","sort":"1041","name":"cms-image-000001041.jpg","link":"http://elfaro.net/images/cms-image-000001041.jpg","path":"http://elfaro.net/images/cms-image-000001041.jpg","back":"","slug":"cms-image-000001041-jpg","text":"... el resultado es la desintegraci&amp;oacute;n de la sand&amp;iacute;a."},"cms-image-000001042-jpg":{"feat":"0","sort":"1042","name":"cms-image-000001042.jpg","link":"http://elfaro.net/images/cms-image-000001042.jpg","path":"http://elfaro.net/images/cms-image-000001042.jpg","back":"","slug":"cms-image-000001042-jpg","text":"&lt;p&gt;Quiz&amp;aacute;s la consistencia de los guineos de seda tengan alguna similitud con la de los dedos humanos, esos que a menudo sujetan un mortero n&amp;uacute;mero 5 que termina explotando en la mano.&lt;/p&gt;"},"cms-image-000001043-jpg":{"feat":"0","sort":"1043","name":"cms-image-000001043.jpg","link":"http://elfaro.net/images/cms-image-000001043.jpg","path":"http://elfaro.net/images/cms-image-000001043.jpg","back":"","slug":"cms-image-000001043-jpg","text":"Los gases atraviesan los frutos y son la primera evidencia de la explosi&amp;oacute;n. Luego, la pulpa saldr&amp;aacute; hecha pur&amp;eacute; y se esparcir&amp;aacute; a varios metros a la redonda.&lt;br /&gt;"},"cms-image-000001044-jpg":{"feat":"0","sort":"1044","name":"cms-image-000001044.jpg","link":"http://elfaro.net/images/cms-image-000001044.jpg","path":"http://elfaro.net/images/cms-image-000001044.jpg","back":"","slug":"cms-image-000001044-jpg","text":"Guineos sobre una palometa del m&amp;aacute;ximo tama&amp;ntilde;o permitido para la venta.&lt;br /&gt;"},"cms-image-000001045-jpg":{"feat":"0","sort":"1045","name":"cms-image-000001045.jpg","link":"http://elfaro.net/images/cms-image-000001045.jpg","path":"http://elfaro.net/images/cms-image-000001045.jpg","back":"","slug":"cms-image-000001045-jpg","text":"El racimo desaparece destrozado."},"cms-image-000001046-jpg":{"feat":"0","sort":"1046","name":"cms-image-000001046.jpg","link":"http://elfaro.net/images/cms-image-000001046.jpg","path":"http://elfaro.net/images/cms-image-000001046.jpg","back":"","slug":"cms-image-000001046-jpg","text":"Un mortero n&amp;uacute;mero 3 no es lo suficientemente potente como para romper la c&amp;aacute;scara de un guineo. Pero con las uvas, similares en tama&amp;ntilde;o a un globo ocular de ni&amp;ntilde;o, funcionan de diferente manera..."},"cms-image-000001047-jpg":{"feat":"0","sort":"1047","name":"cms-image-000001047.jpg","link":"http://elfaro.net/images/cms-image-000001047.jpg","path":"http://elfaro.net/images/cms-image-000001047.jpg","back":"","slug":"cms-image-000001047-jpg","text":"&lt;p&gt;... 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