SILHOUETTE |ˌsɪlʊˈɛt| noun: The dark shape and outline of someone or something visible in restricted light against a brighter background.
ORIGIN - late 18th century: Named (although the reason remains uncertain) after Étienne de Silhouette (1709–67), French author and politician.
Contrails are clouds formed when water vapour condenses and freezes around small particles (aerosols) that exist in aircraft exhaust. Some of that water vapour comes from the air around the plane; and, some is added by the exhaust of the aircraft. The exhaust of an aircraft contains both gas (vapour) and solid particles. Both of these are important in the formation of contrails. Some elements of the exhaust gasses are not involved in contrail formation but do constitute air pollution. Emissions include carbon dioxide, water vapour, nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons such as methane, sulphates (SOx), and soot and metal particles.
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Hello, pretty blue sky shot. Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteI like the effect of the line given from an aircraft :)
ReplyDeleteNice shot! Many people believe these are chemtrails, but I've observed them for decades and they are definitely jet trails. Not that chemtrails don't exist, but they are not what people fear (at least not usually). NASA has admitted using lithium in contrails as a way to study wind, and since lithium disperse quickly and occurs naturally in many water sources, it is pretty harmless.
ReplyDeleteAnd I like colours of the ring around the Sun.
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