A sonic boom footprint from a SCAMP flight was overlaid on a Google Earth image. The town of Boron, CA, is visible in the lower left.
SCAMP_Footprint
Project: Superboom Caustic Analysis and Measurement Program (SCAMP)
A sonic boom footprint from a SCAMP flight was overlaid on a Google Earth image. The town of Boron, CA, is visible in the lower left. All sonic booms were kept away from towns and other sensitive areas. The extent of the focused boom is illustrated by the crescent shaped color contour lines.
Learn more.May 2011
NASA Dryden / Tom Tshida