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I hate to burst everyone’s sound bubble (boom) but that’s not supersonic. It’s approaching supersonic but that’s just a subsonic vapor cone. Still an unbelievably beautiful picture.
Spartan2470 on October 21st, 2021 at 18:38 UTC »
Here is a higher quality version of this image. Here is the uncropped version. Credit to the photographer, Camden Thrasher (i.e camdenthrasher on Instagram). Per that source:
ap2patrick on October 21st, 2021 at 19:51 UTC »
I hate to burst everyone’s sound bubble (boom) but that’s not supersonic. It’s approaching supersonic but that’s just a subsonic vapor cone. Still an unbelievably beautiful picture.
CILISI_SMITH on October 21st, 2021 at 20:26 UTC »
This is Not a Shockwave
But it's so commonly assumed to be one that Real Engineering made a video about it called that.