Kinematics of a Fan (Impressive)

Wow. This is a breathtaking photo of my ceiling fan courtesy of my phone. Slight sarcasm aside and regardless of the quality of the picture, in photography this is called an action photo. It is categorized so because it captures motion. The blur of the blades of the fan was created because the blades were moving at a speed faster than my phone's shutter speed. This represents kinematics in physics because the fan was in motion; the blades had a speed. When fans are on, the blades travel a great distance, but they don't really go anywhere. What I mean is that the displacement is small because as far a distance as the blades travel, they never detach themselves from the fixed point in the center. (They never go flying across the room because they are attached at the center.)