reply to post by LDragonFire
Conspiracy theorists get so angry with skeptics because we ruin the fun. Chemtrails (if they were true) would be a very serious matter. Contrails that
are speculated and discussed as reality can be a good bit of entertainment.
Skeptics, like me,
want to believe. We really, really do. What we can’t get past are the obvious signs and indications that lead us in the
correct direction. IMO, many CT are so interested or invested in various CTs they can’t step back and really look for the obvious answers.
So I don’t offer the answer in an attempt to ruin anything or spoil the fun or to ‘debunk’ anything.
The first picture: I can’t tell what kind of airframe we are looking at which, is very important. Why? Because if we can identify the type of
airframe (Airbus, Boeing, etc) then we can narrow it down to the specific model, i.e. 737, 757, A330, etc.
I don’t know this to be true but, I
think (not know) you’re looking at a aircraft venting fuel. Could this be a picture from a flight
development program? Possibly. Is this proof of chem trails? Without knowing all of the specifics of the picture, it’s as likely something very
benign as something very sinister.
The rest do have a very mundane, boring, although very pretty explanation:
Light refraction. Basically, you have exhaust gas rapidly cooling (the trail). Within that gas liquid (no not “chemicals”) is present in the form
of crystals (from the cooling). What you’re seeing is light refracting through that liquid.
Ever seen a rainbow? You’re seeing the same principle at work. Light refracting, making pretty rainbow like hues.
It’s not sexy, it’s not exciting, it’s not nearly as entertaining but, there it is.
EDIT: the "broken link" looking contrail is explained (correctly) as thus: temperatures vary in the atmosphere. What you're seeing is a plane
flying at a constant altitude, in a constant direction while flying through varying temperatures.
As it flies through areas that have the right humidity and temperature to allow contrails to form, they do. When the plane enters an area where the
humidity or temperature is different (usually caused by convection) the contrails stop, or give the appearance of being "turned off".
Again, there it is. Not sexy. Not unseen before. This happens all the time. Maybe you, personally, don't see it every day but the phenomena I
describe is natural, normal and occurs thousands of times each day.
[edit on 25-4-2008 by SlightlyAbovePar]
