EDWARDS AFB, USA - 18 December 2018 - Composite image of Background Oriented Schlieren (BOS) data (contour) with a cut-out images of the T-38’s during

---

EDWARDS AFB, USA - 18 December 2018 - Composite image of Background Oriented Schlieren (BOS) data (contour) with a cut-out images of the T-38’s during a Mach Number pass. This data is the first time shockwave interactions between two full scale aircraft traveling faster than the speed of sound have been imaged and shown with Schlieren visualization. Original recording of the pass taken in the Black Mountain Supersonic Corridor at near Edwards AFB in December of 2018. Image acquired by JT Heineck, schlieren data processed by Neal Smith - Photo: Geopix/NASA

---

Size: 2700px × 3600px
Location: Edwards Air Force Base USA
Photo credit: © Geopix / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -38, 1, abstract, afb, air, aircraft, american, americas, aviation, avionics, background, bizarre, black, copy, corridor, edwards, fast, fighter, fighters, flight, flying, force, jet, jets, lines, mach, mountain, odd, oriented, pattern, patterns, physics, schlieren, science, shockwave, sound, space, speed, strange, supersonic, text, usa, usaf