Supersonic Flight, Sonic Booms

[jakubr]

I find this amazing :)

[video=youtube;gWGLAAYdbbc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWGLAAYdbbc[/video]

[Milkyway M16]

Goddamn that's sexy.

[The Vman]

Holy shit, that rocket clip...

What the fuuuuckkk

[Bradyns]

That NASA footage was amazing!!!

I remember when we glimpsed over this in physics when discussing waves and the Doppler effect -- bloody interesting stuff..

[damnatus]

Requesting wiki article on that rocket shockwave

[Bradyns]

[QUOTE=qwerty000;38311010]Requesting wiki article on that rocket shockwave[/QUOTE]
It's just a sound wave, only it's visible because of its propagation through light clouds..

[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_boom[/URL]
[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound#Propagation_of_sound[/URL]

[jess_once]

wow, that cloud looks amazing!