The northern part of the Shenandoah Valley lies under the flight path from Dulles Airport to all points west. In certain weather conditions, jets leave contrails behind them, or long streaks of water vapor. Soon the streak spreads out to the sides and and either disappears or turns into an elongated cloud.
The first picture is from 7:30 one morning. The second one is from today at 6:30 PM. I took both of these with my cell phone while walking the dog.
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Beautiful contrail in the first photo!
ReplyDeletethanks for the explanation - lovely photos - I like the pink in the second
ReplyDelete...neat streak.
ReplyDeleteAmazing clicks
ReplyDeleteAlways good to check the sky.
ReplyDeleteOccasionally we see plane contrails here.
ReplyDeletePretty sky captures. Have a happy weekend.
ReplyDeleteEven though we don't have many flights overhead, or they are over a mile up and we don't even hear them, we still see the sketches of contrails almost everywhere.
ReplyDeleteGood captures of the contrails.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Cool.
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