Those Chemtrails In The Sky Are....Just Contrails

British Bomber Contrails, WWII

There is a lot of talk on the Interweb about chemtrails. I have heard all sorts of theories over the last 10 years. Some folks have "proof" that the government is secretly doing this or that with chemicals. Now whether or not any of this is true is rather hard to say. We all have a natural distrust of the government but at the same time we must remember that it is generally run by incompetent twits who couldn't keep a secret if their lives depended on it. So I decided to look into this whole deal just a little bit.



It turns out that someone already did all my research for me and has thoroughly covered this topic at contrailscience.com.

But to simplify things for those who want the short story read on.
Contrails are caused by ALL aircraft at altitudes where the temperature is low and the moisture content adequate to form them. They are caused either by compressed air decompressing very rapidly or extremely hot exhaust cooling causing condensation about the exhaust particles. They can last for minutes or hrs, depending on wind conditions, air pressure, temperature, etc.

In the image below you can see an airliners forming contrails. Note that they form behind the aircraft because they take several fractions of a second to form. This is a clue, it is simply condensation. If it were a visible chemical being released from the aircraft the trail would form immediately behind the release point. If it were an invisible chemical being released then why wouldn't they simply release it at low pressure and at the same temperature as the outside air? After all, if they are really that clever, they simply couldn't be that stupid, could they? The separation is more clear in the second image.

Airliner forming contrails

You can clearly see the separation between the exhaust and the contrail forming in the image above.

Below are more images on contrails. They are not new and they are formed by both large and small aircraft.

B-17s forming contrails.

The shots below were taken of fighter contrails. Note how they are not consistent as the fighters were changing altitudes.

Contrails left by fighters, WWII, England

These last two are just an example of how compressing air at very low altitude can cause condensation also.

Compression causing condensation while breaking the sound barrier.

Condensation caused by compression as aircraft begins violent maneuver.

My intent here was to show you that contrails and water vapor are just as common as can be.  As for debunking the whole chemtrail myth,  you will have to check out that link I post above to Contrail Science.

You may now return to your regularly scheduled surfing.

Tim

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