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These pictures are incredible:
https://www.news.com.au/technology/...s/news-story/35233fd3d72cbf546021ab08b7b04b02
https://www.news.com.au/technology/...s/news-story/35233fd3d72cbf546021ab08b7b04b02
NASA has long wanted to better understand the finer details of how supersonic shockwaves work in order to design a better and quieter supersonic aircraft.
The space agency has achieved an important milestone in this quest that has been a decade in the making — and the visuals are absolutely stunning.
As part of its research, NASA has captured unprecedented photos it says are the first images of the interaction of shockwaves from two supersonic aircraft in flight.
The pictures show two T-38 supersonic jetliners tearing through the atmosphere and creating sonic shockwaves.
Thanks to some heavy-duty upgrades to their camera technology, NASA scientists could hardly believe what they saw when the images were developed.