« Surfing Gaza | Main | Home Price Bubble, Toil and Trouble » Sonic BoomcloudsThis is cool! Todd Lappin's posted images and video of vapor cones created by jets approaching Mach 1. In addition to the sonic boom, clouds may also form as this happens. Todd quotes the Astronomy Picture of the Day web site: "A leading theory is that a drop in air pressure at the plane described by the Prandtl-Glauert Singularity occurs so that moist air condenses there to form water droplets." [Link] (I was going to embed the video, but you should go to the great Telstar Logistics site to see it... and take a look around while you're there.) jon posted this at 8:40 PM |
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