Aircraft contrail

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Aircraft contrail. Also known as a condensation trail, this is as artificial cloud formed from frozen water droplets from the exhaust of the engines of an aircraft. It is formed when the aircraft is flying at an altitude of over 5000 metres and when the upper atmosphere is nearly saturated with moisture.

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