Sonic Boom!!
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An FA/18 Super Hornet displaying a vapor cone during a sonic boom at the Jones Beach Airshow in Long Island, New York. Taken in continuous shooting mode. I was following it with my finger depressing the button... snap, snap, snap, then boom!! This was the loudest thing I've ever heard.
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Canon EOS 400D.
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Comments (39)
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aihomicx2002
Nice shot perfect I wished I was there. to greet u
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Woofa
Oops, I didn't even see the response that you had already figured out what you saw. I'm up too late.
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Woofa
I"m pretty 100% sure the sound barrier wasn't broken. At the height of a flyover that you could take that photo from if it had been you would have really known it and so would all of the glass installers in the area. The last time I heard a sonic boom anywhere was back in the early '70s as all supersonic flight is banned over land from my understanding today. A true sonic boom is unmistakable, what you heard was a sonic shock that occurs sub-sonic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prandtl–Glauert_singularity None the less, an awesome photo.
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s_e_brown
Wow!! I immediately put this on my desktop. The only picture that I have that comes close (Not even) to this is a shot I took at Andrews AFB with the Blue Angels. I think that I'll post it so that you can see the difference.
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Although it is clearly a Prandtl-Glauert singularity vapor cone, I was unaware it is not a true sonic boom. This thing was loud! If I were able to remove my description of the image I would. Continued thanks to everyone explaining the vapor cone phenomenon and sharing their knowledge of it. There is more on my Flickr stream of the show if anyone is interested. Thanks!
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GjallarhornWillSound
Not supersonic but a very nice shot of Prandtl–Glauert singularity. The "vapor cone" happens with rapid change in air pressure and can happen in transonic(-) or supersonic(+) flight, since this picture was taken right on the beach you're more likely to see it than over dry land due to the moisture, happens all the time out at the Miramar show. This phenomena is basically the same thing that occurs around airplane/helicopter propellers, and the streaks that come off faster plane's wings. I've seen P-51's that have made vapor cones, and they're not supersonic. If that jet flying that close broke the sound barrier you and everyone out there would have blown out eardrums and be deaf for the rest of your lives and every bit of glass around there would be broken. Chuck Yeager used to break the sound barrier every few years out at Edwards AFB to kick off the open house but when he did it he was at least 30,000 feet up, and even that high it was still loud enough to startle you. They only do it now on very special occasions (at altitude) because people who live out around there have complained so much about the noise, and they live miles away. Like I said, great shot but not of supersonic flight.
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Woah, thank you all for commenting and liking this shot!! I've put this up on Flickr and JPG Mag and got very mild reactions at best. I am not 100% sure the sound barrier was broken, but it was loud! Could of been right under it, and the humidity and air pressure was just right for this to happen. I also have a shot before this and one after, and this one was dead on, so I figured I'll try my luck and submit it here. I look forward to see some shots from some of your local airshows this year. Once again, thank you for the positive feedback on this shot! I greatly appreciate it.
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mCm
Awesome capture. I live on LI and I wish I went to the show last year. I am very surprised you were able to capture this with a 70-200mm. I'll be there next year with mine. Hopefully I'll be as lucky as you. Great shot!
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driko
Amazing shot! In the almost 20 years of air shows I've been too, I've never witnessed such a nice shock wave, much less actually captured a photo. Well done...
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liviuandrei
Great moment.... great picture.... congratulations!!!
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MacPro
great shot... one of the few recently that are worth being on here!
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rambo
Awesome. As for the composition, it suited my desktop better when the plane is flying to the right (to allow for the icons on the left). So i flipped it horizontally. The best part is, the numbers on the plane go from 222 to 555 !! brilliant !
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bizlur
But the boom could have just been the sound reaching you... You see the planes and hear it, but you get a wave of sound after it passes you... Case in point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wR32YYuddg (subsonic)
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Beginning
^ what he said....
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Euphytose
Definitely not my kind, but still a nice shot.
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aetheldaeg
It's a cool picture. Amazing in fact. I think you did a fantastic job capturing it. Your ears don't bleed just because you hear a sonic boom. Glass doesn't shatter every time there is a sonic boom. It depends on the altitude of the air craft as well as size and mass. Vapor cones can happen at both sub and super sonic speeds.
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PoopChef
btw, this wins picture of the decade, so far.... ;)
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PoopChef
SONIC BOOM!!!! Cool!!!!! By the way, to the armchair scientist naysayers here, if he heard a "BOOM" than the darn thing broke the sound barrier! You're right that a vapor cone can happen subsonically, but not the BOOM. ;) ;)
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boomertsfx
Cool pic! This isn't a sonic boom though... It's just a vapor cone... your ears would be bleeding if he broke the sound barrier =) This just happened because the humidity and pressures came together at the right time =)
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Dragon20000
Belle image fantastique great picture and good job :)