Since it's an interesting shot, I've move it to a thread in Skydentify
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/busy-sky-over-southern-uk-july-20-2014.4035/
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/busy-sky-over-southern-uk-july-20-2014.4035/
Photos of Planes and Contrails (That you took yourself)
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JesseCuster
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Trailspotter
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C-5 Galaxy over Thetford Forest Park today before landing at RAF Mildenhall
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cloudspotter
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One I snapped on a bike ride at the weekend
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46 miles on a bike under that lot with no ill effects
46 miles on a bike under that lot with no ill effects
derwoodii
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today at my rifle club lang lang Victoria i was pulling targets and hey look up there
this one was bit weak fading fast
then back at the firing mound more above
My guess is planes on way to Queenstown NZ for ski holidaymakers but to check I will need to work backwards in flightracker24
this one was bit weak fading fast
then back at the firing mound more above
My guess is planes on way to Queenstown NZ for ski holidaymakers but to check I will need to work backwards in flightracker24
I thought this had a nice symmetry so quickly snapped a phone photo. Shame about the stray reflection. Flight was Ryanair FR2329 from Limoges to Leeds Bradford, flying at 36,000ft.
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cloudspotter
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Out of interest, can you work out how far away that was?
FR24 said 8 miles by the time I fired it up.
The flight track seems to be unavailable in FR24 now though.
A couple more from central London this morning.
A nice example of Crow instability in a clear blue sky:
And a minute or so later, a plane going in the opposite direction almost parallel to it:
I'm pretty sure I've identified the aircraft responsible. The second one is definitely correct.
First one:
And second:
A little later, this is what the second trail looked like. Is this what you call a "hybrid contrail", Mick?
A nice example of Crow instability in a clear blue sky:
And a minute or so later, a plane going in the opposite direction almost parallel to it:
I'm pretty sure I've identified the aircraft responsible. The second one is definitely correct.
First one:
And second:
A little later, this is what the second trail looked like. Is this what you call a "hybrid contrail", Mick?
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WeedWhacker
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This from today? (25 August 2014) Southern California area? Most of the day we had high cirrus clouds, not full coverage, it varied.
I have no images, but observed a few contrails....none were un-broken, however. And not particularly persistent.
Jason
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Thats a really beautiful photo. It seems like you have everything going on in there from rainbows to contrails. The sky is so dark in that image. When you say you "stitched and warped", what exactly does that mean? Did you overlay several photos?
Rusky
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Very contraily over Cardiff this morning. Planes cross at approximately this point in the sky all the time, so I imagine this convergence of trails happens quite often. Or, tin foil hat on, this is some concentrated spraying to subdue the populace ahead of the NATO Summit next week!
Also, looking in the other direction, an interesting dog leg contrail. Not sure if the horizontal lines in the background are contrails or not.
Also, looking in the other direction, an interesting dog leg contrail. Not sure if the horizontal lines in the background are contrails or not.
Another very "busy" morning with perfect contrail conditions.
I identified the "dog leg" trail: it shows how a relatively small turn appears much sharper due to the foreshortening effect of distance. When I took the photo above, the plane was already out over the English Channel. (Photo above was taken shortly after this screenshot, there is a prominent break in the contrail but the position of the plane can be seen where the straight trail continues towards the horizon.)
Edit to add satellite image, showing just how much moisture is around: there's an Atlantic depression centred over Scotland.
I identified the "dog leg" trail: it shows how a relatively small turn appears much sharper due to the foreshortening effect of distance. When I took the photo above, the plane was already out over the English Channel. (Photo above was taken shortly after this screenshot, there is a prominent break in the contrail but the position of the plane can be seen where the straight trail continues towards the horizon.)
Edit to add satellite image, showing just how much moisture is around: there's an Atlantic depression centred over Scotland.
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Shot from my office window a few days ago. Fuzzy cellphone-o-vision, but the alignment of the strip-light reflections with the high sunlit contrails gives quite the apocalyptic War of the Worlds feel.
Or maybe that's just me!
And from just a moment ago: sunset contrails in reflection:
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NoParty
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I call this one: "Hello Kitty Deadly Chemtrail Daggers"
13 July, 2014 Trinity Alps, NoCal
I call this one: "Freaky Pink & Gray Clouds"
28 June, 2014; Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, Wyoming/Montana border
I call this one: "Atomic Bomb Takes Out Shiftless Moose"
Still 28 June, 2014; Still the Lamar Valley, Yellowstone, Wyoming/Montana border
* None of these are digitally enhanced
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Gundersen
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The sky in Denmark this morning.
After a few days of crystal clear blue sky, which was relatively dry, where a lot of amazing non-persistent contrails formed, today is more humid. Fog was really heavy in the early morning hours. As I have read in here many times, I think the humidity changed the nature of the contrails today.
After a few days of crystal clear blue sky, which was relatively dry, where a lot of amazing non-persistent contrails formed, today is more humid. Fog was really heavy in the early morning hours. As I have read in here many times, I think the humidity changed the nature of the contrails today.
cloudspotter
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Trail and shadow
cloudspotter
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Trailspotter
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First picture reminds me this thread: http://contrailscience.com/very-unusual-short-tapered-contrails/
When and where was it taken?
cloudspotter
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Newcastle Upon Tyne. Friday around 12:30 I thinkFirst picture reminds me this thread: http://contrailscience.com/very-unusual-short-tapered-contrails/
When and where was it taken?
Trailspotter
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Thanks. The Mick's explanation of short contrails definitely makes sense here: between 10:50 and 11:45 UTC there were six planes descending to Glasgow and Edinburgh and two more ascending in the opposite direction in this area:
http://www.flightradar24.com/2014-09-05/10:45/12x/55.17,-2.54/8
Talking of Glasgow and Edinburgh, are the Scots trying to drum up support for next week's referendum?
deirdre
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Don von Hostas
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Tomorrow on the chemtrail websites..."Chemtrail Erasure Projects" photo evidencechemtrail erasure project at work over Wellington, New Zealand a few minutes ago
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MikeC
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well I did send it to the local branch of chemmies not-particularly-anonymous........but I'm pretty sure she just blocks and deletes my emails as well as my comments......so perhaps not.
Would be a laugh tho!
Would be a laugh tho!
SR1419
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X marks the spot in Montana today.
Awoke to the sound of bugling elk and crisp clear 29° morning at 5000 feet in South West Montana.
A little while later noticed these two contrails. Their intersection was eye-catching to say the least. The trails held together and the X drifted with the upper winds.
Awoke to the sound of bugling elk and crisp clear 29° morning at 5000 feet in South West Montana.
A little while later noticed these two contrails. Their intersection was eye-catching to say the least. The trails held together and the X drifted with the upper winds.
Mackdog
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A few contrail pictures from the past year or so..
This was in April 2014 and I looked it up on flight aware and it was an Airbus A380, operated by Iberian Airlines, traveling from Madrid Spain to Mexico City.
Now this one has what I believe is "crow instability" if I remember correctly. Its October of 2013.
This one I have posted before in another thread, but I still think this one is pretty cool. Its a contrail shadow.
This one is December 24 of 2013 at the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast campus. They are demolishing the last of the Katrina damaged buildings from 2005.
And lastly, this is not actually a contrail but a beautiful sunset in Gulf Shores Alabama in December of 2013
This was in April 2014 and I looked it up on flight aware and it was an Airbus A380, operated by Iberian Airlines, traveling from Madrid Spain to Mexico City.
Now this one has what I believe is "crow instability" if I remember correctly. Its October of 2013.
This one I have posted before in another thread, but I still think this one is pretty cool. Its a contrail shadow.
This one is December 24 of 2013 at the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast campus. They are demolishing the last of the Katrina damaged buildings from 2005.
And lastly, this is not actually a contrail but a beautiful sunset in Gulf Shores Alabama in December of 2013
Analyst
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Not the best footage, but this was taken yesterday from 17:40 to 18:00 using the Hyperlapse app, on an old iPad2 (through a dirty window). I'm sure anyone with a relatively new iPhone could get much better footage, but I can recommend the (free) app for quick & easy time-lapse clips. Low cloud cover makes for the best footage, with clouds forming & dissipating as they cross the sky etc.
Anyway, careful viewers may spot 4 contrails forming over the course of this 20 minute, compressed into 1:40 clip. I think the first contrail was courtesy of a 737-377 on it's way to Reus from Newcastle. It looks better with higher contrast, but this is the raw footage.
Anyway, careful viewers may spot 4 contrails forming over the course of this 20 minute, compressed into 1:40 clip. I think the first contrail was courtesy of a 737-377 on it's way to Reus from Newcastle. It looks better with higher contrast, but this is the raw footage.
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A few photos from my back garden over the weekend. Taken with a rather elderly 5mp Lumix. I think I have the IDs right.
White Airways flight TAP364 from Lisbon to London Heathrow (Airbus A320-214 reg CS-TRO)
British Airways flight BAW559 from Rome to London Heathrow (Boeing 767-336(ER) reg G-BNWZ)
EasyJet flight EZY7209 from Liverpool to Barcelona (Airbus A319 reg G-EZDE). Cruising at 37,000ft.
Ryanair flight FR3186/RYR97RC from Madrid to Manchester (Boeing 737-8AS reg EI-DAC) cruising at 38,000ft, crossing the trail of the above EasyJet flight. Note that this plane is 1,000ft HIGHER than the old contrail it is crossing, although it looks as if it is below it.
And lastly the same Ryanair flight, passing another lower aircraft. I am not 100% sure on this, but looking at the radar tracks I think it must have been WOW Air flight WOW205 from Reykjavik to London Gatwick (Airbus A320-232 reg LZ-MDC) which was descending between 14,000ft and 13,000ft as it passed over.
A weird illusion in that last picture: the closer plane almost looks further away, because it is too low to be catching the sunlight. (Photo was taken at 7.20pm, which was about 1 minute after local sunset.)
White Airways flight TAP364 from Lisbon to London Heathrow (Airbus A320-214 reg CS-TRO)
British Airways flight BAW559 from Rome to London Heathrow (Boeing 767-336(ER) reg G-BNWZ)
EasyJet flight EZY7209 from Liverpool to Barcelona (Airbus A319 reg G-EZDE). Cruising at 37,000ft.
Ryanair flight FR3186/RYR97RC from Madrid to Manchester (Boeing 737-8AS reg EI-DAC) cruising at 38,000ft, crossing the trail of the above EasyJet flight. Note that this plane is 1,000ft HIGHER than the old contrail it is crossing, although it looks as if it is below it.
And lastly the same Ryanair flight, passing another lower aircraft. I am not 100% sure on this, but looking at the radar tracks I think it must have been WOW Air flight WOW205 from Reykjavik to London Gatwick (Airbus A320-232 reg LZ-MDC) which was descending between 14,000ft and 13,000ft as it passed over.
A weird illusion in that last picture: the closer plane almost looks further away, because it is too low to be catching the sunlight. (Photo was taken at 7.20pm, which was about 1 minute after local sunset.)
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KAT
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Believed to be from OSCE observation drones in Donetsk, Ukraine, currently the only aviation permitted under the ceasefire in that war zone.
http://vk.com/wall-71845958_7312
http://vk.com/wall-71845958_7312
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