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Started by padams341, 12/16/2007 07:35PM
Posted 12/16/2007 07:35PM Opening Post
Hi Guys, kind of OT - but I watched this contrail distort quite rapidly yesterday. I could not image last night, but I think the condition would have been turbulent anyway!

Paul

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Paul Adams
Floating around at 20 miles an hour.
Posted 12/16/2007 07:36PM #1
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Paul Adams
Floating around at 20 miles an hour.
Posted 12/16/2007 08:36PM #2
I'm not a skilled contrail interpreter, but generally I see turbulent skies spread a contrail quickly from a linear shape into a wide smudge. It seems to remain a tight line in your photo. Perhaps it is the pilot and not the atmosphere making this shape?

steady skies,
Alan

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