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Dear All,

I want to find contrail images taken from above with the aim of measuring their width versus distance from the plane, over a distance of several kilometers. I believe the information exists on satellite photos, but I am unable to find them on my own.

Here's an example of the type of shot I'm looking for, but with much better resolution :

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Contrails_nasa2004October13.jpg

Could someone please help me with some suggestions? Thanks in advance !

Best,

Serge

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Hi @Serge ,

Thanks for your question!

Due to the height of the contrails from the ground and parallax you won’t really detect them other than as artifacts that look like slight rainbow striping.

See this SkySat image below to see the rainbow stripping: