Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Rocket Launch leaves the shock waves in sky

This is a nice video...


Watch how the rocket leaves the shockwave ripples in the sky.


Also picked up by :
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100223.html
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4 comments:

  1. Robyn JonesFebruary 23, 2010 at 9:57 AM

    We saw this...hubby is questioning how real it is though...

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  2. NKMFebruary 23, 2010 at 11:05 AM

    @ Robyn

    At apod site they say...


    An ongoing discussion about them can be joined
    here in APOD's discussion board
    the Asterisk.

    A leading hypothesis holds that the ripples resulted from a
    sonic boom created as the rocket broke the
    sound barrier,
    which then jumbled a thin layer of
    ice crystals
    that were aligned to create the
    sundog.

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  3. BasantaFebruary 23, 2010 at 8:23 PM

    Great! Thank you for sharing!

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  4. NKMFebruary 23, 2010 at 8:57 PM

    Thank you for you note Basanta G.

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