Originally Posted By: MicroMatTech3
Thank you. I would have missed that, and would not have learned about the condenstaion collar (photo 21).


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Yep the collar very briefly occurs when an object transitions to supersonic. There's a popular picture of an F16 (I think) with that collar about midway down the body that's all over the internet. One of those "perfect moment" pictures.
Here's one I think. You're basically shaking the water out of the air with the shockwave.


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