Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Oblique shock wave

Oblique shock wave

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Original – Supersonic shock waves produced by a T-38 aircraft during flight. Oblique shock waves are visible at the nose of the aircraft. The image was captured using background-oriented Schlieren photography in 2015.

Reason

Photo of supersonic shock waves of a full-scale aircraft in flight. This type of photography is a recent innovation (around 2010 to 2015), although the technique is old (Schlieren photography). The purpose of such photos is to aid design quieter supersonic aircraft. For details see [1], file description [2], and this source [3].

Articles in which this image appears

Oblique shock, Schlieren photography

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Sciences/Others, or Photographic techniques

Creator

NASA & US Air Force (J.T. Heineck, Ed Schairer, Maj. Jonathan Orso, Maj. Jeremy Vanderhal)

• Support as nominator – Bammesk (talk) 20:52, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
• Support Not a great image quality-wise, but a great illustration of the technology. And one has to make allowances when you're trying to show the image output of a specific thing. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.5% of all FPs} 00:52, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
• Support - had to read the article to find out how the image was made - fascinating! --Janke | Talk 14:10, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
• Support.--Vulp❯❯❯here! 17:45, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
• Support. MER-C 18:53, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
• Support Excellent photo that illustrates its subject well Nick-D (talk) 09:49, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Promoted File:Shockwave pattern around a T-38C observed with Background-Oriented Schlieren photography (1).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:20, 25 January 2022 (UTC)