vapour trail
Jet's white line
A vapour trail is the white streak of condensed water vapor left behind by aircraft at high altitudes, formed when hot exhaust meets cold air.
Also called a contrail.
The American spelling is vapor trail.
Jets crisscrossed the sky, leaving vapour trails that slowly dissolved into haze.
Unbroken series
- plumeOrnamental feather or rising column
- ribbonSlender ornamental strip
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- traceMinute remnant or pursue
stripe · tail · wake · path · skywriting · visibility · white · wispy
Aircraft condensation streak
- aircraftAirborne transportation vehicle
- flightpathAircraft's designated travel corridor
- stratosphereSecond atmospheric layer up
- high-altitudeElevated atmospheric position
jet · airliner · fighter · afterburner · exhaust · turbine · thrust · propulsion
Vapor turning to liquid
- humidityMoisture in atmosphere
- moistureSmall amounts of liquid
- ice crystalsSolid water formations
- dropletsMinute liquid globules
saturation · dew point · temperature · clouds · cirrus · persistent · dissipation · atmospheric
streak
Unbroken series
trace · stripe · tail · wake · path · skywriting · visibility · white · wispy · fading
contrail
Aircraft condensation streak
- aircraftAirborne transportation vehicle
- flightpathAircraft's designated travel corridor
- stratosphereSecond atmospheric layer up
high-altitude · jet · airliner · fighter · afterburner · exhaust · turbine · thrust · propulsion · overhead
condensation
Vapor turning to liquid
- humidityMoisture in atmosphere
- moistureSmall amounts of liquid
- ice crystalsSolid water formations
droplets · saturation · dew point · temperature · clouds · cirrus · persistent · dissipation · atmospheric · troposphere