That car is traveling uphill and the contrail goes behind a relatively close tall mountain. Viewing angle and horizon elevation are important perspective metrics.
>>That car is traveling uphill and the contrail goes behind a relatively close tall mountain. <<
Excellent point. So, what do you think of the picture above it in the same post? And the ancient article...
Looks like there’s been a bunch o’ them eeevil missile launches right under our noses, for quite a while. It’s about time they got exposed!
Relatively close? Out West, you can see mountains from the highway for 50 or even more miles depending on the location and the height of the mountain.
Looking out at the 'flat' ocean from the beach with the curvature of the earth, the horizon is something less than 10 miles away. A passenger jet covers 10 miles in 2 or 3 minutes.
Seeing contrails like that is not at all unusual.