Day 202 - Gripen by snaggy

Day 202 - Gripen

A shot of the amazing Saab Gripen fighter jet with his afterburners on at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford.

In this shot the Gripen was pulling a high G vertical turn. This produces a large drop in air pressure on top of the wing which in turn causes any water vapour in the air to condense into the clouds of water you can see behind the plane - there endeth the physics lesson!
Beautiful blues and composition. Something we never see here...fabulous capture!
July 23rd, 2013  
Really like that, Snaggy - super shot, and well composed within the frame. Fav.
July 23rd, 2013  
Wonderful shot and the colours are just gorgeous.
July 23rd, 2013  
You timed this right!!. Awesome! Glad I wasn't riding in that jet!!
July 23rd, 2013  
Just Awesome - FAV
July 23rd, 2013  
Fabulous capture! Very interesting background information. Thank you for sharing it!
July 24th, 2013  
Wow, impressive shot
July 24th, 2013  
Holy coolness. Fav!
July 25th, 2013  
Wow! Great shot and thanks for the lesson! :)
July 25th, 2013  
Always love the quirky Saab fighters, and this will be your 70-200mm f/2.8 I guess ?
July 25th, 2013  
Awesome shot.
July 26th, 2013  
Lovely blue and composition. Well done!
July 30th, 2013  
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