Moon and aircraft contrails. Aircraft contrails are artificial clouds formed from frozen water droplets from the exhaust of the engines of an aircraft. They are formed when the aircraft is flying at an altitude of over 5000 metres and when the upper atmosphere is nearly saturated with moisture. In dry air,the contrails will evaporate quickly. These contrails are passing across the face of a gibbous Moon. The dark areas are the lunar maria,plains of dark basaltic rock formed by ancient volcanic eruptions | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Van Ravenswaay, Detlev |
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