A sun dog is a prismatic bright spot in the sky caused by sun shining through ice crystals. The Atlas V rocket exceeded the speed of sound in this layer of ice crystals, making the shock wave visible from the ground.
By: SpunOne | Feb 17th, 2010 (11:44 AM)
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JT Wood - NOT the "whiteman's bitch"
Feb 17th, 2010 (11:49 AM)
Feb 17th, 2010 (12:22 PM)
jesus christ, camera guy...
Nayko can't get enough of your love, babe
Feb 17th, 2010 (12:24 PM)
Feb 17th, 2010 (12:38 PM)
there's nothing more awe inspiring to me than the fact that we are able to launch shit off our little planet out into the big ole universe
DINOSAURS AINT GOT SHIT ON THAT
Feb 17th, 2010 (12:56 PM)
We pay millions of taxpayer dollars so some idion balancing a Handycam on grandpa's dick can try to shoot a video to put on the internet which wastes two fucking minutes to get to the goddamn sonic boom?
I'm tired.
I was ready to type a comment about bad camera panning...
...but then I saw the sonic boom ripples, and all was well.
I second Zoidberg.
This is wonderful in the truest sense of the word.
P.S. Fazed has been in fine form the last couple days, keep it up! :)
"Oh wow, a Rainbow"
"The Vehicle Is Now SuperSonic"
Beautiful. I already watched it 3 times before it said we can watch it again. So I did. Twice.
OhSnapDragons - because thats how you get ants
Feb 17th, 2010 (1:52 PM)
coolest thing i've seen all week. thanks Spun
ju66l3r knocked out Uwe Boll in the 7th round
Feb 17th, 2010 (2:35 PM)
special effects nerds never thought of that shit. mother nature wins again.
airdrummer wants his MILF and cookies
Feb 17th, 2010 (3:14 PM)
Zoidberg said:
there's nothing more awe inspiring to me than the fact that we are able to launch shit off our little planet out into the big ole universe
DINOSAURS AINT GOT SHIT ON THAT
I have always wondered...what if ants evolved enough to have the same technological capacity. Imagine how freaking cool it would be to see an ant space shuttle launch.
airdrummer said:
I have always wondered...what if ants evolved enough to have the same technological capacity. Imagine how freaking cool it would be to see an ant space shuttle launch.
I fear ants. If any species were going to take over the planet, I think it would be them.
mediaphile said:
I fear ants. If any species were going to take over the planet, I think it would be them.
They are the Nazis of the animal kingdom.
On topic: Was the launch specifically to demonstrate this phenomenon? Because they seemed to know it was going to happen.
IG88 will hunt your bounty
Feb 17th, 2010 (3:51 PM)
Blue Wolf 63 said:
On topic: Was the launch specifically to demonstrate this phenomenon? Because they seemed to know it was going to happen.
They always have a little play-by-play at the various launches. Most of them don't have such a spectacular pulse wave like this one did, however. The two rocket launches I've seen were pretty "standard" if you can say such a thing. The roar of those engines was, for me, far more amazing than anything else I was witnessing. It's hard to explain how loud they are from as far away as the viewing area is.
Science!
Awesome. I realise it's a silly question now, there are hundreds of reasons to launch a rocket.
threephin - charisma is my dump stat
Feb 17th, 2010 (4:43 PM)
One More Time
That Was So Cool
RobDob is not the Rob you are looking for
Feb 17th, 2010 (6:00 PM)
Zoidberg said:
DINOSAURS AINT GOT SHIT ON THAT
Where do you think they all went? Duh they launched their asses out of the solar system. The SCIENCE! is there. Check it out.
DINOSAURS AINT GOT SHIT ON THAT
They were taller then houses and ate things the size of sofas
I keep trying with this footstool but I could never hope to be that awesome
That was sick.
Anyone got a link to some still pictures of that?
PowerWindows wishes he had shoehorn hands
Feb 17th, 2010 (8:24 PM)
Reminds me of the song Chain Lightning by Rush... how cool it would have been to be there and experience that live with a group of friends. If it hadn't been caught on film, it would be hard to explain the badassness of it all.
xSoMeOnEx kept it short and clean
Feb 17th, 2010 (8:28 PM)
Feb 17th, 2010 (10:34 PM)
airdrummer said:
I have always wondered...what if ants evolved enough to have the same technological capacity. Imagine how freaking cool it would be to see an ant space shuttle launch.
And I, for one,
welcome our new insect overlords.
I'd like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves.
Feb 17th, 2010 (10:40 PM)
airdrummer said:
I have always wondered...what if ants evolved enough to have the same technological capacity. Imagine how freaking cool it would be to see an ant space shuttle launch.
Simpsons did it!
Atharaenea needs a tagline to be cool
Feb 17th, 2010 (10:42 PM)
thelaw - I'm on level one, need a walkthrough
Feb 17th, 2010 (11:25 PM)
so I'm really bad at sciencing math but it was just the ice crystals that made the sonic wave visible? if there were ice crystals all around bullets would really look like in the matrix?
Holy shit, that looks like a big ...
Feb 18th, 2010 (11:48 AM)
Amazing what a little ripple effect can do in post production!
Deathcap - it's better to remain quiet and be thought a fool, than to post like a noob and get banned
Feb 18th, 2010 (3:03 PM)
ionizer said:
Simpsons did it!
Issac Asimov did it. Well Termites rather.
Zoidberg said:
there's nothing more awe inspiring to me than the fact that we are able to launch shit off our little planet out into the big ole universe
I know! Amazing times.
thelaw said:
so I'm really bad at sciencing math but it was just the ice crystals that made the sonic wave visible? if there were ice crystals all around bullets would really look like in the matrix?
No, you couldn't dodge them. Wait...try it and get back to me on that.
lord_nightrose will punch this internet right in the dick
Feb 20th, 2010 (8:52 AM)
Not a sonic boom. A sonic boom would look like a single thick wave. That's the turbulence caused by the engine. But still awesome.
IG88 will hunt your bounty
Feb 20th, 2010 (3:39 PM)
lord_nightrose said:
Not a sonic boom. A sonic boom would look like a single thick wave. That's the turbulence caused by the engine. But still awesome.
In this situation, I believe it's easier to say it's a sonic boom rather than a super-sonic object passing through a semi-liquid layer floating in the sky. Sun Dogs are fascinating illusions, and rockets kick ass. Yay, science!
