Tangled aircraft contrails in a summer sky. Aircraft contrails (condensation trails) are artificial clouds formed from frozen water droplets from the

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Tangled aircraft contrails in a summer sky. Aircraft contrails (condensation trails) are artificial clouds formed from frozen water droplets from the exhaust of the engines of an aircraft flying at high altitude in air nearly saturated with moisture. Photographed on a July afternoon over Berkshire, UK.

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Photo credit: © STEPHEN BURT/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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