Schlieren Imaging: Seeing air in a whole new light!

This video documents what you need to create a Schlieren setup, as well as how it works. Schlieren systems are used to visualize differences in density of normally transparent materials.

NASA uses a similar, but more modern version of this technique to see the shock fronts off of supersonic aircraft in flight: http://phys.org/news/2015-09-ground-based-schlieren-technique-sun-moon.html

Music: No Way by The Naked and Famous (http://thenakedandfamous.com/)

Видео Schlieren Imaging: Seeing air in a whole new light! канала Bryan Rolfe