A Sonic boom: "commonly used to refer to the shocks caused by the supersonic flight of an aircraft. Sonic booms generate enormous amounts of sound energy, sounding much like an explosion."
These are rather common; and a good way to scare people.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Sonic Boom
The Israeli Air Force jets just caused a sonic boom over Gaza City (2:30pm).
A Sonic boom: "commonly used to refer to the shocks caused by the supersonic flight of an aircraft. Sonic booms generate enormous amounts of sound energy, sounding much like an explosion."
These are rather common; and a good way to scare people.
Rapid condensation of water vapor due to a sonic shock produced at sub-sonic speed creates a vapor cone (known as a Prandtl–Glauert singularity), which can be seen with the naked eye.
A Sonic boom: "commonly used to refer to the shocks caused by the supersonic flight of an aircraft. Sonic booms generate enormous amounts of sound energy, sounding much like an explosion."
These are rather common; and a good way to scare people.
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