Trails over Maldon on Tuesday 2 May 2006 (0171)

What Do You See?

Back in 1966 these trails in the sky were probably looked up to with some awe and a sense of excitement at the possibilities of global travel. Now, forty years later, these contrails are beginning to be seen differently. These streams of ice crystals are now being associated with the threat of global warming. These sometimes beautiful shapes and patterns, forming Cirrus clouds high in the moist, cold still air, can now be seen as the ghosts of air travel.