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BULLET AT MACH 1.5
Andrew Davidhazy
Rochester Institute of Technology

Supersonic bullet flying between a small, short duration (1 microsecond) light source casts a shadow of its shockwave onto a sheet of photosensitive film forming the basis for a shadowgraph recording system.

For more photographs by Andrew Davidhazy, see his Exhibits.

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