Aeronautical Artwork, Computer Simulation, or Both?

 
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https://www.nasa.gov/aeroresearch/aeronautical-artwork-computer-simulation-or-both

Although it may look like an abstract piece of aeronautical artwork that could hang as a painting over an enthusiastic pilot’s fireplace, this image actually is the product of a complex computer simulation involving supersonic shockwaves. In this example the aircraft is the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology airplane now under construction for NASA by Lockheed Martin in Palmdale, California. The X-59 is designed to generate sonic booms that are so quiet people on the ground will hear them as sonic thumps – if they hear anything at all.

UPDATE :

https://www.nasa.gov/aeroresearch/nasas-supersonic-x-59-assembly-team-marks-wing-milestone

http://zerohurt.blogspot.com/2020/11/x-59-cockpit-begins-to-look-like-cockpit.html