Andy,
That's great. We can see the turbulence following, but not the
shockwave. Of course, Andy's phenomenon requires a compressible
fluid to surround the bullet.
Roger
On 17 Aug 2007, at 8:50 AM, ADavidhazy wrote:
OK - so a little bitty shameless self-promotion! ;)
This note is for nothing more than to share I've made a
connection to a NASA news release - 1st for me!! You can
start (if interested) with the news release at:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2007-090
or immediately go further in the news release page to:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/galex/20070815/
or right to my tiny contribution at:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/galex/20070815/f.html
or see this last page off my web folder at:
http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/a-misc/nasa-bullet-shadowgraph-1.jpg
cheers!
andy