File:Supersonic Bullet Shadowgraph.jpg

Image of a supersonic bullet created using a Shadowgraph. The V-shaped shockwaves are clearly visible; propagating from the front-most tip of the bullet is the "bow shockwave," behind which are various other shockwaves caused by the bullets driving bands -- raised bands around the bullet that form a seal with the barrels riflings. Trailing the bullet is a region of strong turbulence, which forms as air rushes in to fill the partial vacuum behind it.

Image from NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/galex/20070815/f.html courtesy of Andrew Davidhazy/Rochester Institute of Technology

I cleaned up, resized and edited this photo.

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