Strange Lines In Sky At Sunrise

WolfeIRE

Other than five aviation trails from planes flying in formation at 7.30am, I have no idea what these lines are about

Lumi

WolfeIRE wrote: »

Other than five aviation trails from planes flying in formation at 7.30am, I have no idea what these lines are about

They must be a series of light-reflecting contrails but nonetheless it's an amazing image and is equal to any I've seen on Atmospheric optics (a great site to wile away the time with by the way!)

Su Campu

WolfeIRE wrote: »

Other than five aviation trails from planes flying in formation at 7.30am, I have no idea what these lines are about

Looks like some normal busy transatlantic traffic. From your viewpoint they were probably these ones over Wexford. This screenshot is from 07:20, showing BA and Virgin both going JFK-Heathrow, and Air Canadas going from Montréal to Paris and Frankfurt. AFR347 is Air France Montréal-Paris, and BAW194 is Houston-Heathrow.

Although they look like they're in formation, they're all following the same track and it's their differing altitudes (31,000-39,000ft) that's making them look like they're side to side.

http://casper.frontier.nl/eidw/

WolfeIRE

thanks Su. i was looking directly at shannon from miltown malbay direction

brilliant website by the way. thanks

Su Campu

WolfeIRE wrote: »

thanks Su. i was looking directly at shannon from miltown malbay direction

brilliant website by the way. thanks

That'd make sense then

Su Campu

Just had a nice effect of the passing Virgin 7Y A340-600 from Heathrow to LA casting a shadow on the cirrostratus sheet below. The plane was at 30,000ft, the cloud at 25,000ft.