15 Seconds Into the Video You Witness One of the Most Fascinating Occurrences in Aeronautics: 'Wow

Incredible footage posted online captured a vapor cone encapsulate a military jet moments before the aircraft broke the sound barrier and left behind an audible sonic boom.

Experts say the spectacular phenomenon — also reffered to as the Prandtl–Glauert singularity — captured on video is caused by droplets of water forming around the plane as its screaming speed forces the nearby air pressure to drop, according to ABC News.

Image source: YouTube

Image source: YouTube

"Since the plane is thick, it has to push the air ahead of it out of the way," Peter Coen, principal investigator of the Supersonic Fundamental Aeronautics Project at NASA's Langley Research Center in Virginia, told the news network about a similar incident.

"The shock waves the plane creates, they're actually fairly strong. Some of the air moving around the plane is going at supersonic speed, even if the plane isn't," he added.

The video of the F/A-18C Hornet was shot at the Naval Air Station Oceana Air Show in Virginia Beach, according to Mail Online.

At the time of publication, it had amassed nearly half-a-million views and enthralled viewers from around the Internet.

"Wow," commented one individual.

"Boom!!!" wrote another.

(H/T: Mail Online)

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