Interesting! I had no idea this was anything other than breaking the sound barrier.
tl;dr: It's called "flow-induced vaporalization" and it happens under the right conditions, including the shape of the plane and the air humidity. Still a damn cool picture!
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Interesting! I had no idea this was anything other than breaking the sound barrier.
tl;dr: It's called "flow-induced vaporalization" and it happens under the right conditions, including the shape of the plane and the air humidity. Still a damn cool picture!