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Atlas V's Sonic Boom Made Visible By Sundog

Posted by timothy on from the right-time-and-place dept.

Ross-Shire Geek writes "Atlas V lifted off on Feb 11 from Kennedy. As it goes supersonic through a sundog (aka parhelion) you can see (video link) wonderful visible ripples of the shock wave in the sky."

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  1. Lucky miss by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought that bird was going to get skewered a few seconds into the launch...

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  2. Yo Slashdot, Imma let you finish, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Dr. Evil's rocket launch was so much better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkTv8DGlrok

  3. Re:Wow by Hadlock · · Score: 4, Funny

    A glitch in the matrix, nothing more.

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  4. Re:Parhelion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Depends how hungry you are.

  5. Re:Wow by Zawahiri · · Score: 1, Funny

    Is it just me, or does anyone else think this is CGI? My first thought was Photoshop!

    I guess real life looks less real to me than special effects these days.

    I thought it was claymation at first.

  6. Re:Parhelion by ZERO1ZERO · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't that a type of Matrox Video Card?

  7. Re:Wow by daveime · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wallace and Grommit are more likely to re-visit the moon than the US !

    Nice bit o' cheese Grommit !