To: JoeA
Rush needs to see the picture of the contrail's shadow from the same source that took the video. I think the picture and many other aitplane contrail shadow pictures are on the contrailscience site. A vertical missile contrail will not make a shadow like that. The shadow is produced because the length of the contrail is in line with the surface of the earth the setting sun.
This is basic non-flat earth high school physics!
Contrail Shadows
Here's the original cbsla picture showing the contrail shadow;
61 posted on
11/23/2010 11:16:25 AM PST by
dynoman
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To: All
The contrail shadow is shows up because the length of the contrail is in line with the curvature of the earth *and* the setting sun.
Think about it; imagine looking at it from the side. Imagine the contrail following the surface of the earth inline with a setting sun. Then imagine a vertical contrail from the side, the setting sun is not in line with the length of the contrail and will not produce the shadow seen in the photopraph.
68 posted on
11/23/2010 11:22:27 AM PST by
dynoman
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