Cool Pictures - Compliments of our U.S. Military
USS Iowa BB-61 firing a broadside with her nine 16" guns in 1984.
The effect on the water is the shockwave flattening the waves.
"Firing"
A "Smoke Angel"
A C-17 Globemaster III from 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., releases flares over the Atlantic Ocean during a local exercise above the Charleston area, May 16, 2006.
A C-17 Globemaster III from the 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., leaves a smoke trail after releasing flares over the Atlantic Ocean during a local exercise above the Charleston area, May 16, 2006.
The vortex from the Globemaster engine created the image of a "smoke angel" in the sky.
U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Russell E. Cooley IV
Accidents Happen
"In Flight"