Just received a heads up on this via email and thought you fellas might want to see it too...



There is a professional explanation & high res version found here:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070819.html

I've seen them create vapor trails and such but nothing like this, before.

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Tom

You get some fantastic footage of jets doing that. A couple of examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHqx7kVhNIQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFy-uiEma8w

That's a nice vid and motion demo. Thanks. They look to be the same one though.

I guess what I'm trying to get at is the symmetry of the vapor 'blap'. ...not to mention the clarity of the shot. The high res version is a bit grainy but I'm assuming it was due to super high speed film.

Heck, let's turn this into a gallery of sonic booms if anyone has more pics like this one. I'd be down for it. Ya gotta admit. They're pretty cool.

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Tom

Quite right, two clips of the same stuff XD whoops.#

Will post a couple of pics in the morn.

Oh that's too easy...

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i thought that pic looked familiar so i had a little look through some of my old things an there it was. 1 of my old top trump cards.

sry for the poor quality of the pic.

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Cpl. Rick "Dangerous" Butler
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