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A jet's contrails reflect the morning light as the sun begins to crest the horizon near North Texas' Lake Lavon.
A lonely contrail sailing between islands of clouds in the vast blue sky.
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Spotted this late afternoon sky with the setting sun and converging contrails as I passed our local airport. These contrails are more likely from planes flying in and out of Dulles, National, Richmond, and other large airports.
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!