Not to diffuse the issue but if you check out the sequence of photos below you will see the sequence from before a supersonic bullet enters a lemon until it exits. http://www.rit.edu/!andpph/photofile-c/lemonshot-1.jpg http://www.rit.edu/!andpph/photofile-c/lemonshot-2.jpg http://www.rit.edu/!andpph/photofile-c/lemonshot-3.jpg http://www.rit.edu/!andpph/photofile-c/lemonshot-4.jpg http://www.rit.edu/!andpph/photofile-c/lemonshot-5.jpg The lemon does "explode" and fall but considerably after the bullet has already passed through it. and here is a tomato with considerable "ejecta" going backwards ... http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/photofile-c/tomato-5.jpg cheerio, andy
