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Re:Enroute Airbus A380 wake flips Challenger business jet up... by ryguytilidie on Friday March 17, 2017 @07:43AM (#13893202)
Cool example of vortices on an F1 car as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlDnd3B1rhs
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Re:Enroute Airbus A380 wake flips Challenger business jet up... by knodi123 on Friday March 17, 2017 @10:09AM (#13894073)
That looks like lens flare to my untrained eye. I would never have thought that was smoke in a vortex.
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Re:Enroute Airbus A380 wake flips Challenger business jet up... by lisper on Friday March 17, 2017 @11:08AM (#13894510)
Nope, definitely a vortex. Lens flares don't curl like that. But it's not smoke, it's condensation caused by the reduced air pressure in the vortex. You can see similar condensation happening for the same reason (but without a vortex) behind the tire.
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