No, this image doesnt give you navy’s aircraft that just hatched from an egg, this is what happens when airoplane breaks the sound barrier. It’s called Sonic Boom. Really cool picture indeed! I’ve added more of them inside this post.
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It’s not actually an illusion, is it?
It’s not really an illusion, it has something to do with shock waves causing water vapor to concentrate on the deflagration cone.
Some cool videos of this phenomenon have been around on the Internet for some time. At least two of them are available on Google Video:
* F-14, the video slows down to show the formation of the vapor cone. Don’t worry for your sound card, there is no sound on this video.
* F-18 (less impressive, but the cone is visible on both passes).
Very cool site, by the way!
The condensation cone is a Prandtl-Glauert singularity
Its not an illusion, its not an illusion. So what????? I wish u geeks would stop explaining everything. Namely TIMTOM!!! Who cares????????
jajajaja. that;s so cool man….
that is sooo cool, that is was cool!!!!! :)
cool. nice.
its plains breaking the sound barrier
hmmmmmm….
It actually looks like the plane is teleporting rather than hatching from an egg in the first one
It doesn’t really look like an illusion, but it’s still cool. Is that what happens when planes enter the triangle? lol
I’ve seen a short film once, where the pictures shown above are from.
This is real, no fake stuff.
The plane was on sea-level if i remember it correctly.
Was on a NAVAL film :)
Very cool to see the pics, nicejob!
How did they get the airplane in the egg in the first one? : P lol
hey! I like the answer if I don’t know what it is! that is really cool! strange that it would do that.
cool. but its not an illusion
where are the illusions?
I dont care if it’s not an illusion, it’s still an amazing picture!
Imagine what it would feel like to do something like that!
r all of u stupid its a jet breaking the sound barrier duh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =-]
What came first the Egg or the plane?
JIMMY G….AIRPLANE MECHANIC…SAYS NO QUESTION ,REAL. FOR THE IGNORANT HERES A CHANCE TO GAIN A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE. FOR THE TRULY INFORMED, REMEMBER WHEN THEY TOLD US ABOUT HOW THE AIR PILES UP ON THE WING.SEEING IS BELIEVING…….BOOOOOOOOOOM
the planes are not actually breaking the sound barrier. The air over the wings is compressing and condensing to form vapor clouds.
these planes are not actually breaking the sound barrier. only parts of them are. its quite hard to under stand but certain parts off the aircraft break the sound barrier before other parts, as you can see on the first pic a small part of the mane fuselage (near the cockpit) has broken the barrier.
its caused as the plane is moving so fast the pressure builds up so much that the water in the air condenses on the cold metal to form the cloud of water vapor.
ok anonymous u r really getting in my nerves dont u have something better 2 do thatn just write so much and put ur freakine long stupid comments i mean u sure get annoying 2 b honest we all want 2 c ppl’s comments not just urs ok and that freakine picture is 4 sure not illusional u can totally c that and neither is ti an egg
The sonic boom illusion encourage me find more info about this topic. That another good article about breaking sound barrier
http://www.afterwork.me.uk/component/content/article/51-airplanes-and-flights/246-breaking-the-sound-barrier-from-mach-1-to-mach-10
@olga not all Anonymous’ are the same person. There’s nothing wrong with explaining things.
did he die?
This isn’t fake. It really does happen with aircraft traveling at high speeds. Here’s how it happens:
The leading edges of the aircraft compress the air significantly when they are traveling at speeds in excess of Mach .95(ish). As the air passes the leading edge, it expands causing rapid cooling (same idea as when a CO2 cartridge pops a leak). If the cooled air is at or below the dew point, the cloud forms.
The misnomer on this page is that this phenomenon occurs only above Mach 1. This can happen at speeds as low as Mach 0.75. I have seen it happen.
Despite the misnomer and the science of it all, it still is pretty awesome seeing this happen. Go to an air show. It’s very common.
This NOT an image of an aircraft breaking the sonic barrier.
It is an image of an aircraft passing through an area of high atmospheric moisture. The high pressure wave created by the aircraft is enough to condense the ambiant moisture to form a temporary cloud. Once the aircraft passes, the cloud returns to its previous state, which appears as if nothing is there.
An aircraft breaking the soundbarrier would have no external visual effects. To watch the event would be boring.
Visual effects = no.
Physical effects = yes.
The cloud effect can be done at practilly any speed. Depends of the moisture percent of the ambiant air. I have seen this on propeller dirven aircraft, and helecopters as well.
whatever it is…just save on my pc just after seen it!!!
It is not a “sonic boom” – it is the compression of air in subsonic speeds. “Sonic Boom” is not visible.
Photography is very pretty – but it is not a “sonic”
hats off to the people taking the photos!:)!
so it’s not an illusion?
but u said it, it does look like a plane breaking out of an egg in the middle of the air, haha