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

    A glitch in the matrix, nothing more.

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

    Isn't that a type of Matrox Video Card?