To: NormsRevenge
Yeah. An airliner with afterburners.
31 posted on
11/11/2010 12:35:18 PM PST by
McGruff
(A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs)
To: McGruff
The sun reflecting off the aluminum skin of the airliner. Seen it lots of times. Seen it off satellites too.
36 posted on
11/11/2010 12:40:22 PM PST by
Ben Mugged
(War does not determine who is right -- only who is left.)
To: McGruff
That's a sun reflection, same color as sun, and it's small and only there briefly. Missile fire is a lot bigger:
38 posted on
11/11/2010 12:42:30 PM PST by
D-fendr
(Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
To: McGruff
Afterburners, my ass.
Notice that the spot on the skinny end of the contrail is the same colour and same brightness as the clouds surrounding the fat end of the contrail. The entire scene is illuminated from below by the setting sun. The contrail is reflecting the sunlight in the same way the surrounding clouds are.
43 posted on
11/11/2010 12:47:51 PM PST by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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