Contrails

Contrails Cloud-like streamers frequently seen forming behind aircraft flying in clear, cold, humid air.
Convection Vertical air circulation in which cool air sinks and forces warm air to rise.

Contrails Condensation trails. Artificial clouds made by the exhaust of jet aircraft.

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Contrails - Long, narrow, ice-crystal clouds that form behind jet planes flying at high altitudes in below-freezing temperatures. They result from the condensation of water vapor remaining in jet exhaust.

"Contrails from jets".
"Contrail from jet". You can see the jet in the picture.
Pictures taken by: Virginia T. Hagerman Giannetta 6/27/03 ...

>> Dissipation trails (DISTRAILS): In contrast to the formation of CONTRAILS (see Q/A 2A.10), aircraft on passage at high levels can cause the dissipation of pre-existing cirriform cloud, ...

Aircraft and rocket pollution (contrails) can also be spotted. Oil well ruptures in the oceans of our planet are captured by weather satellites, but, more importantly, ...

this water vapor to condense into liquid droplets (or sublime into ice crystals), especially if the air has a high moisture content. The formation and persistance of a contrail depends on the temperature and moisture content of the air. Contrails can ...

See also: Contrail, Cloud, High, Weather, Low