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End of Blue Sky – Aircraft Contrails
Sunday, January 25th, 2009
Contrails or vapour trails are visible trails of condensed water vapour made by the exhaust of aircraft engines. As the hot exhaust gases cool in the surrounding air they might precipitate a cloud of microscopic water droplets. If the air is cold enough, this trail will comprise tiny ice crystals.
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