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  FA_18   Pilot Ron Candiloro breaks through the sound barrier in an F/A-18 Hornet fighter plane over the Pacific Ocean on July 7. The cloud ball effect is caused when forward sound waves squeeze moisture in the air.

Contributed by Mike Henchen, Princeton University. Caption and picture from US Navy source.

 

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