Blade tip vortices produced by the main rotor, photographed simultaneously from four different angles

Blade tip vortices produced by the main rotor, photographed simultaneously from four different angles
The helicopter was in vertical ascent just as the images were shot. The vortices are seen as dark lines, with a maximum of one full rotation being visible. The helicopter engine exhaust flow is also visible as a noisy region behind the helicopter.
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DLR (CC-BY 3.0).

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