Sky line

 

The title is not a typo: this is about a sky line, not a skyline. The last time I saw a nice example of this was three years ago: sky lines. This posting is an adaptation of what I wrote then, but with the current picture.

A white line across the sky is easy to interpret: a contrail (a trail of condensation from aircraft).

What about a dark line across the sky, such as seen here? This line also results from a contrail, but indirectly. Here, the contrail is above the clouds and not visible, but the shadow it casts on a lower cloud traces a dark line across the sky.

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3 Responses to Sky line

  1. Tom Johnston says:

    Brilliant!

  2. Rob Dorey says:

    What an observation – cool!

  3. Claire says:

    That’s very interesting.

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