Atlas V's Sonic Boom Made Visible By Sundog

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Atlas V's Sonic Boom Made Visible By Sundog 99

Posted by timothy on Sunday February 21, 2010 @06:08AM from the right-time-and-place dept.

Ross-Shire Geek writes "Atlas V lifted off on Feb 11 from Kennedy. As it goes supersonic through a sundog (aka parhelion) you can see (video link) wonderful visible ripples of the shock wave in the sky."

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Lucky miss (Score:5, Funny)

by MichaelSmith ( 789609 ) writes: on Sunday February 21, 2010 @06:22AM (#31217332) Homepage Journal

I thought that bird was going to get skewered a few seconds into the launch...

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Yo Slashdot, Imma let you finish, but... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday February 21, 2010 @06:33AM (#31217348)

Dr. Evil's rocket launch was so much better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkTv8DGlrok [youtube.com]

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Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)

by Hadlock ( 143607 ) writes: on Sunday February 21, 2010 @07:30AM (#31217502) Homepage Journal

A glitch in the matrix, nothing more.

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Re:Parhelion (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday February 21, 2010 @07:54AM (#31217566)

Depends how hungry you are.

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Re:Wow (Score:1, Funny)

by Zawahiri ( 963352 ) writes: on Sunday February 21, 2010 @08:31AM (#31217664)

Is it just me, or does anyone else think this is CGI? My first thought was Photoshop!
I guess real life looks less real to me than special effects these days.
I thought it was claymation at first.

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Re:Parhelion (Score:3, Funny)

by ZERO1ZERO ( 948669 ) writes: on Sunday February 21, 2010 @08:33AM (#31217670)

Isn't that a type of Matrox Video Card?

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Re:Wow (Score:2, Funny)

by daveime ( 1253762 ) writes: on Sunday February 21, 2010 @08:42AM (#31217710)

Wallace and Grommit are more likely to re-visit the moon than the US !
Nice bit o' cheese Grommit !

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Atlas V's Sonic Boom Made Visible By Sundog

Lucky miss (Score:5, Funny)

Yo Slashdot, Imma let you finish, but... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Parhelion (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Wow (Score:1, Funny)

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