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Original – Supersonic shock waves produced by a T-38 aircraft during flight. Oblique shock waves are visible at the nose of the aircraft. The image was captured using background-oriented Schlieren photography in 2015.
Reason
Photo of supersonic shock waves of a full-scale aircraft in flight. This type of photography is a recent innovation (around 2010 to 2015), although the technique is old (Schlieren photography). The purpose of such photos is to aid design quieter supersonic aircraft. For details see [1], file description [2], and this source [3].
Articles in which this image appears
Oblique shock, Schlieren photography
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Others, or Photographic techniques
Creator
NASA & US Air Force (J.T. Heineck, Ed Schairer, Maj. Jonathan Orso, Maj. Jeremy Vanderhal)

Promoted File:Shockwave pattern around a T-38C observed with Background-Oriented Schlieren photography (1).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 22:20, 25 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]