F-22 Double Rainbow

By Miss Cellania in Auto & Transportation, Living, Pictures on Sep 1, 2010 at 8:55 am

Skill, timing, and the sun came together in this air show photograph by Bernardo Malfitano

An F-22 at Miramar at the top of a loop. He is pulling so many Gs, the low pressure air over the fuselage (that is “sucking” the airplane into the loop) gets cold enough for the water to condense… And the angle is just right for sunlight to undergo total internal refraction and make rainbow colors around the airplane (although I had to under-expose quite a bit for the effect to be visible).

The picture won second place in the Museum of Flight photo contest. Link -via reddit

(Image credit: Bernardo Malfitano)


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  1. Red Bunny
    Sep 1st, 2010 at 9:42 am

    Whoa! Double rainbow! Full on! All the way across the sky! What does it mean?! It’s so beautiful. The power of the rainbow beams has knocked me over.

  2. Rocky
    Sep 1st, 2010 at 9:53 am

    More proof that Top Gun was incredibly gay.

  3. Gauldar
    Sep 1st, 2010 at 10:01 am

    Rainbow F-22 Attack!

  4. vonskippy
    Sep 1st, 2010 at 10:19 am

    Shop’d.

  5. Muzition
    Sep 1st, 2010 at 11:34 am

    If that won second place, I’d like to see the photo that won first place.

  6. Seth A
    Sep 1st, 2010 at 5:43 pm

    AAAAALLLLWAYS I WANT TO BE WITH YOU! AND MAKE BELIEVE WITH YOU!

  7. Johnny Cat
    Sep 1st, 2010 at 8:01 pm

    Haha, Rocky! You can be my wingman anyday! 8)

  8. Foreigner1
    Sep 2nd, 2010 at 11:46 am

    Not shop’d.

    Awesome.


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