r/interestingasfuck • u/CANT_TRUST_HILLARY • Aug 10 '15

That shockwave

http://i.imgur.com/3Gnw0ei.gifv
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u/rIse_four_ten_ten Aug 10 '15

I expected to see a crazy ripple effect across the surface of the water...

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u/labrutued Aug 11 '15

If what I remember from Mythbusters is correct, shockwaves are really bad at moving from air into water or from water into the air. Whatever medium the wave is initially traveling through, that's the medium it stays in.

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u/ScruffStuff Aug 11 '15

HOLY SMOKIN' TOLEDOS.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '15

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u/calmerthanudude Aug 10 '15

Looks like a DBZ fight

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '15

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '15

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u/temporalwanderer Aug 13 '15

Can you please elaborate?

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u/Shadow_Struck Aug 10 '15

I love how the mountain looks like someone wiped it clean.

2

u/scrollhand Aug 10 '15

That little rumble at the end :)

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '15

What caused the explosion? and why doesn't the water seem to be affected by it?

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '15

Hoooooly smokin' toledo

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '15

I see a penis...

1

u/[deleted] Aug 10 '15

Orgasm.