Bizarre cross cloud formation, page 1
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reply posted on 5-7-2009 @ 07:26 AM by weedwhacker
reply to post by mattguy404



I have seen something similar many, many times as well.

Airplane contrails.

Jet airplanes. Flying overhead, high altitude. Leave contrails behind, sometimes (but not always, depends on atmospheric conditions at the time).



reply posted on 5-7-2009 @ 08:19 AM by woodwardjnr
reply to post by weedwhacker



But have jet contrails always behaved like that because they do look different to usual contrails that just disappear behind the jet. Do we just notice it more because the increase in air traffic?


reply posted on 5-7-2009 @ 09:02 AM by weedwhacker
reply to post by woodwardjnr



Contrails have always 'behaved' the same...with the proviso that more modern high-bypass turbofan engines tend to produce more long-lasting contrails. ALSO, it depends entirely on the relative humidity in the airmass at the moment the contrail is formed. Just as clouds don't form in very dry air, or form and evaporate quickly. Watch some time-lapsed videos of clouds, you can see them form and evaporate...

Here's one example....clouds. But, a contrail is really just an artificially formed cloud...



The OP's photo is artfull...looks like the Moon illuminating the contrails. AND you can plainly see they are contrails, as one passes over the other. They were formed at different altitudes.


reply posted on 5-7-2009 @ 12:29 PM by Sentry-
reply to post by mattguy404



That looks awesome, but looking at your avatar im not so sure I can believe you. :\ I mean, this isn't like a UFO going fast across the sky so you can only capture an image or perhaps two, this is a cloud which should stay there for at least 10 minutes, but you only took a single photo? Perhaps I am looking too much into it, but honestly I personally find it suspicious especially regarding your avatar.

Cool if real though.


reply posted on 5-7-2009 @ 01:02 PM by boaby_phet
reply to post by weedwhacker



same, i have seen these soooooooo much , summertime seems best for them as they can hang about in the sky for ages.

the sky is really busy round this way, so theirs always tons of trails of all sizes, size from what ive seen depends on how long the trail lasts, ive seen some sit for hours as they just seem to swell and eventualy seem to get so big that they turn into clouds , or at least thats what it looks like.



reply posted on 5-7-2009 @ 01:47 PM by weedwhacker
reply to post by Beauty_HairyBeast



[url=http://media.abovetopsecret.com/my_pictures&action=list_photos&album_id=6226]

You typed the above. I'm no whiz in the computer, but if you remove the "[url=" at the front and the "]" at the end, it takes you to ATS media...but there's nothing in there except the title of your photos.


reply posted on 5-7-2009 @ 01:50 PM by Beauty_HairyBeast
reply to post by weedwhacker



Im sorry, working on it now.

Do I have to do a link to each individual picture then?


reply posted on 5-7-2009 @ 01:51 PM by weedwhacker
reply to post by Beauty_HairyBeast



I think it creates an album...but I don't use that feature much.


reply posted on 5-7-2009 @ 01:52 PM by greeneyedleo
Originally posted by Beauty_HairyBeast
reply to
post by weedwhacker



Im sorry, working on it now.

Do I have to do a link to each individual picture then?


Click on the picture in your gallery and copy the [ atsimg] code

Yes a link (code) for each picture

[edit on July 5th 2009 by greeneyedleo]


reply posted on 5-7-2009 @ 02:14 PM by weedwhacker
reply to post by Beauty_HairyBeast



Success!!!

Those are remarkably similar to Essan's up above....you two may be neighbours!!!

Beauty, yours are different because of the setting sun, lighting them up.
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