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Severe Weather Discussion => General Weather - all topics not current severe weather. => Topic started by: Michael Bath on 20 February 2010, 02:48:12 AM
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This was posted to Austpac list. Worth a look
Sonic Boom Meets Sun Dog 720p (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsDEfu8s1Lw#normal)
This film is of an Atlas rocket penetrating a cirrus layer
One can see the effects of sound wave fronts on the local crystal
concentrations, and the orientations of the crystals are sufficiently
disrupted as to eliminate a 22 degree perihelion that was present.
Note that, contrary to the film's title, we are probably not seeing a
shock wave (NASA claims that the rocket did not go supersonic until 4
seconds after it passed the cirrus deck) but rather the intersection
of approximately spherical wave fronts with the cirrus.
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Same event different angle different video -
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2010/images/coolmovie/anna-herbst1.mov (http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2010/images/coolmovie/anna-herbst1.mov)
(lower res)
Third video different angle
NASA SDO Launch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwRfcrxFVEI&feature=youtube_gdata%20#normal)
PD
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Its like a rock hitting the surface of a lake creating the perfect ripple. Awesome footage. Also the vapour trail after it went supersonic is impressive.
Cheers
Col