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> In those videos when the white large cloud comes out (likely some form of the air being hyper compressed by the shockwave and forced faster than the speed of
by jabl 6y ago
> In those videos when the white large cloud comes out (likely some form of the air being hyper compressed by the shockwave and forced faster than the speed of sound)
The white cloud is due to the shockwave causing moisture in the atmosphere to condense. Or rather immediately after the shockwave in the low pressure region.
You can see the same effect sometimes due to supersonic aircraft.
- a_e_k 6y agoAlso known as a Wilson cloud: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_cloud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_cloud