From puffy white streaks that appear in the blue to shooting stars, the article below unravels the mysteries of the skies.
Source: Travel 3Sixty
The contrails of a cruising aircraft
The contrails of a cruising aircraft
When I was a young boy, I often wondered about the white smokey streaks across the sky that could be seen on a clear day.
It wasn’t until I became a pilot that I realised what they were: condensation trails, also known as contrails, produced by jet engine exhaust from airplanes flying at cruising altitude. When water vapour in the exhaust condenses in the cold environment at high altitudes, contrails are formed.
