Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!wmartin From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) Newsgroups: net.physics,net.misc Subject: Re: Those funny lines Message-ID: <5242@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 14:27:25 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.5242 Posted: Fri Oct 12 14:27:25 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Oct-84 08:49:53 EDT References: <170@hocsj.UUCP> Organization: Ballistics Research Lab Lines: 10 I always thought that those were smoke trails left by rockets, sent up just prior to the blast, to give visual evidence of the shock waves and other air movements caused by the explosion. I have a vague recollection of reading that somewhere, maybe just in a photo caption. I, too, would like to know for sure. Will Martin USENET: seismo!brl-bmd!wmartin or ARPA/MILNET: wmartin@almsa-1.ARPA