The great people over at Environmental Graffiti have posted a great snapshot article of ten amazing photos of sonic booms. In addition to the great photos, Environmental Graffiti discusses each image in detail. For the image above:
“This stunning shot is just as cinematic as it looks – in fact it was taken for Columbia Picture’s visual effects unit, for a sequence in the film ‘Stealth’ on board USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). It shows the Commanding Officer of the ‘Black Cocks Down’ of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron Three One Four (VMFA-314) reaching supersonic speeds off the bow of the nuclear aircraft carrier. How loud a sonic boom sounds depends on how far away it is from the person hearing it. Because planes are pretty far away, it sounds like a deep double boom, but in the case of a bull whip, when it is close, it is a fireworks-type crack. You can imagine that if the planes above were seen as close as they seem to have been, it would have been a pretty deafening noise.” (Environmental Graffiti)
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