Strange contrail..or trick of the light?
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Strange contrail..or trick of the light?
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Apologies if this belongs in JetBlast or some other category but a friend has sent me this intriguing picture he took on Tuesday whilst he was out walking in the Yorkshire Dales, he wondered if I could identify what's going on seeing as I'm interested in all things aeronautical.
Hsi exact words were :"Walking around Langcliffe there was a jet overhead, it seemed to be tracking a black line, but looking closely the black line was coming from the sky down to the ground. I thought an aircraft part might of come off the jet or something, any ideas? "
There's the main white contrail running down the centre of the picture, then there's the other darker one running diagonal. If you look closely you will see the darker one is under the clouds and drops straight down into the valley and appears to plough straight into the ground! The only thing I could think of is the 'main' contrail is causing a shadow in the air but sounds a bit far fetched! What do you folks reckon?
Apologies if this belongs in JetBlast or some other category but a friend has sent me this intriguing picture he took on Tuesday whilst he was out walking in the Yorkshire Dales, he wondered if I could identify what's going on seeing as I'm interested in all things aeronautical.
Hsi exact words were :"Walking around Langcliffe there was a jet overhead, it seemed to be tracking a black line, but looking closely the black line was coming from the sky down to the ground. I thought an aircraft part might of come off the jet or something, any ideas? "
There's the main white contrail running down the centre of the picture, then there's the other darker one running diagonal. If you look closely you will see the darker one is under the clouds and drops straight down into the valley and appears to plough straight into the ground! The only thing I could think of is the 'main' contrail is causing a shadow in the air but sounds a bit far fetched! What do you folks reckon?
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Without the photograph, I would say that the cause is likely to have been one pint of Thwaites too many at the "Craven Heifer" from just up the road. With the photograph I would say one pint of Thwaites too many at the.......
Strange place is Ribblesdale!
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PS. There used to be a WW2 rifle range about a mile SE of where the photograph was taken although I doubt that the two are connected.
Strange place is Ribblesdale!
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PS. There used to be a WW2 rifle range about a mile SE of where the photograph was taken although I doubt that the two are connected.
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Maybe there is a high altitude plane (or satellite) moving from left to right that has launched 2 missiles at a low level drone flying over a rifle range.
Obvious 'innit...and they missed.
Obvious 'innit...and they missed.
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Thanks all. Airborne's explanation is possibly the most exciting, especially if combined with cattletruck's. HA(V)LO drop whilst being chased by missiles fired from a satellite.
Believe it or not you can get some pretty good answers (among the chaf) in JB on stuff like this.
Looks to me like two different altitudes and different contrail dispersion patterns meaning two planes.
Course I don't spend much time looking at contrails except when I'm prone after a beer or two.
Looks to me like two different altitudes and different contrail dispersion patterns meaning two planes.
Course I don't spend much time looking at contrails except when I'm prone after a beer or two.
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