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From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
Newsgroups: net.physics,net.misc
Subject: Re: Those funny lines
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Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 14:27:25 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 12 14:27:25 1984
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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

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