Why does footage of rocket launches by space agencies look so slow?

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You see video of rockets with munitions in them like surface -to-air and plane mounted rockets and they seem to move so quick. Why do these massive rockets seem to move slow? Is it payload? Do they speed up as they reach the stratosphere?

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It has a lot to do with the distance. Those cameras are often several miles away and using zoom lenses.

I can’t adequately explain how it works, someone else will be able to but that is the basic gist of it. It’s frustrating really, I have the reason it works in my head but I can’t get it to my fingers and explain it in words lol

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