How could photography/technology like this change things in society?

This is art by Harold Edgerton. The question being asked is How could photography/technology like this change things in society?



I can't explain this in some super smart and deep way. when I look at this picture I see an apple on a sniper bullet being shot by a smaller bullet. It piqued my interest because it looked like one of the pictures used in the opening of CSI, but at the same time if you look at the exit area the stuff coming out of the apple looks like cotton. excellent use of color.