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A lonely contrail sailing between islands of clouds in the vast blue sky.
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For the first time in months, we were up early to grab a sunrise shot - though to be honest, the yurt we rented had a defective wood stove door, and we had no heat on a very chilly night - leading to a bit of a sleepless night and the early rising. Our saving grace for the night was seeing a deer late in the evening as well as a barred owl. The latter called out to a friend at midnight and the two had a conversation that lasted half an hour. Very cool! If you look closely, there is an orange line across the sky, which is actually the morning sun reflecting off an aircraft contrail.
Moon and contrail spotted above Northshore Cove.
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If I have a favorite type of movie, it's SciFi. Something about this made me think of movies where the Earth is invaded. This cold, cold weather is condusive to contrails and I do love them. It's my favorite kind of sky.
If you haven't seen Avatar - it's a must see. One of the best movies I've ever seen. It was 15 years in the making, from concept to technology making it possible and putting it on the screen in IMAX 3D. If there's an IMAX near you then that is the only way to see this movie. Wonderful!
Saw it, just had to shoot it.
Caught by the very last of the sinking sun.
If you wondered, it was a 737 off to Rhodes.
It's hard to resist of great sunset, especially when amplifyed by jet contrails and clouds while being framed by tree branches.
A rare overhead shot from me, taken while standing at RAF Fairford waiting for the military boys to do their thing. Quite like how it turned out!
Cows ponder: 1. Why a contrail forming above them suddenly stopped 2. Why the contrail is flying so low? I did some research for the cows and found - 1. sky temperatures can vary greatly in just a few feet causing the contrail to stop in parts 2. contrails can appear much lower than they are depending on where you are standing and how long they have had time to move and shift to a different part of the sky. My quickie research here could be wrong so perhaps try using a search engine to find out more info. Cheers
On the morning of March 30, under cloudless blue skies, extensive contrail formation occurred over western Nebraska and southeast Wyoming (Flyover routes). Most contrails expanded to form delicate cirrocumulus formations that lasted for several hours.
I upload a time lapse of this event at: www.flickr.com/photos/79387036@N07/51982474923/in/datepos....
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