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- Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:24 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Exceptional Rocket Waves Destroy Sun Dog (2010 Feb 23)
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Re: APOD: Exceptional Rocket Waves Destroy Sun Dog (2010 Feb
I think the rings are caused by the compression of the air as the rocket passes through it. When the rocked reaches the required speed and the appropriate altitude, as the air is compressed by the passing rocket, the moisture in the air is also compressed to the saturation point making it visible as...