Penetration of the sound barrier revealed by vapour trails | |
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May 18, 2007 12:05 | |
| JIMMYB uploaded a number of pics a while ago showing something similar to these, and correctly credited it to super-sonic effect, but these pictures make it even planer to see the nature of the shock wave-front that has triggered the vapour clouds: |
May 18, 2007 12:06 | |
| another: |
May 18, 2007 12:07 | |
| and another: |
May 18, 2007 12:07 | |
| and another: |
May 18, 2007 12:09 | |
| and finally: |
May 21, 2007 01:51 | |
| It looks beautiful, Travellermike.Where did you find those pictures. |
Jun 2, 2007 06:18 | |
| These were sent me by a colleague from work, the web-site http://www.airliners.net has many examples, with explanations of the circumstances for the pictures shown. There are also some real-time video clips on YouTube, which show that these events some-times only last for a brief moment. |
Jun 3, 2007 19:39 | |
| Thanks for your info, Travellermike. |
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