If you want to see shock waves, check out Schlieren photography:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlieren_photography
or go to
http://nix.nasa.gov/
and search for Schlieren
or for a very nice T-38 in flight at Mach 1.1 and 13000 feet try:
http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/gallery/photo/Schlieren/Large/EC94-42528-1.jpg
Lee
Nathaniel Homier wrote:
LeeE wrote:
On Monday 17 December 2007 01:19, Nathaniel Homier wrote:
I found this on Digg.com and think these are some pretty cool
aircraft pics. One of my favorites is the shot of Fat Albert in
front of the Golden Gate bridge.
http://home.comcast.net.nyud.net/%7Ebzee1a/
Some nice pictures there but the two showing the shock waves are
fascinating - ta for posting that.
LeeE
The noise must have been painfully loud from the shock waves and I never
knew that there were visual distortions caused by shock waves like that.
Nate
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