In the image the bullet has already clipped his ear and is going past him. He didn't realize it was a shot until he heard the report of the rifle. The bullet gets there long before the sound. Mil snipers have a saying, "From a place you can't see will come a sound you'll never hear." In other words you'll be dead before the sound ever reaches you.
Potus said he heard the ‘whizzzz’ of the bullet passing his ear, then he felt it. I forget what speed rifle bullets travel, but it has to be near sonic speed so you hear the bullet AFTER it passes you.
The Warthog is notorious for this. You see the target destroyed first, then you hear the brrrrrt of the munitions.
Bullet speed depends on caliber, barrel length and load. That said, the shooter was definitely shooting supersonic rounds. The only time it makes sense to use subsonic rounds is when you would be using a suppressor (silencer).
From direction right of the stage, Trump was facing the shooter. The image is of the vapor trail from the bullet and came from the confirmed location and direction of the shooter.
The original photos posted by news media covering the event, at the event. I do not recall the technical terminology or the name of the equipment used to capture vapor trails.
That trail doesn't point to the top of his right ear.
Isn't it coming from the wrong direction? I thought the shot came from the front?
In the image the bullet has already clipped his ear and is going past him. He didn't realize it was a shot until he heard the report of the rifle. The bullet gets there long before the sound. Mil snipers have a saying, "From a place you can't see will come a sound you'll never hear." In other words you'll be dead before the sound ever reaches you.
Thanks, being Australian guns are not our thing for some strange reason.
It's more a physics thing really.
Potus said he heard the ‘whizzzz’ of the bullet passing his ear, then he felt it. I forget what speed rifle bullets travel, but it has to be near sonic speed so you hear the bullet AFTER it passes you.
The Warthog is notorious for this. You see the target destroyed first, then you hear the brrrrrt of the munitions.
https://youtu.be/NvIJvPj_pjE?si=S2Z2XxwY05Iyr_zE
Bullet speed depends on caliber, barrel length and load. That said, the shooter was definitely shooting supersonic rounds. The only time it makes sense to use subsonic rounds is when you would be using a suppressor (silencer).
From direction right of the stage, Trump was facing the shooter. The image is of the vapor trail from the bullet and came from the confirmed location and direction of the shooter.
Would it possible to see the vapor trail without zooming in on the image? Serious question.
Most definitely from a zoomed in camera. When shooting long range 500 to 1000 yard targets I can often see them through the scope.
Do we know the source of this image?
The original photos posted by news media covering the event, at the event. I do not recall the technical terminology or the name of the equipment used to capture vapor trails.
Wait, someone down voted me for asking for backup source? 🤦♂️