Ground Sky Lightning Rain
by B74A

Comment by Mephisto:
wow that has to be the most "elegant" lighning i've seen! the bolts look like jellyfish tentacles floating underwater. way cool!

Applied Aerodynamics: Wake Turbulence and Contrails
by B74A

Comment by B74A:
Thank you for all the comments.

This entry did a lot worse than I thought. Some thought it was taken with a powerful zoom from the ground (?), but it is taken inflight, as traffic is passing above. When two jet aircraft are passing head on (at different levels, preferrably!), it takes about 3 seconds for each mile you are losing in. Add to that the difficulty of focussing through the thick and multilayered windscreen, and it is somewhat a challenge to get it sharp. The sky is very clean blue aloft, so although I tried to adjust color and contrast, it is not far from what it looks like for real. I used to fly Learjets, and have been up to 48000 feet on one occasion. Besides being very clear from here that the Earth is round, the blue in the sky gets darker and darker, as one is almost at the edge of space here (not much more than 10-15% left here of the mass of the Atmosphere).

Applied Aerodynamics: Wake Turbulence and Contrails
by B74A

Comment by Tom:
This is an interesting angle you don't see often

Applied Aerodynamics: Wake Turbulence and Contrails
by B74A

Comment by posthumous:
I like the composition with the plane tucked all the way up top. It's energetic and interesting.

Contrails Create Contrast
by B74A

Comment by emayner:
Nice capture

Applied Aerodynamics: Wake Turbulence and Contrails
by B74A

Comment by 99Percent:
cool pic, but unfortunately too dark

Applied Aerodynamics: Wake Turbulence and Contrails
by B74A

Comment by FocusPoint:
Nice catch. Could it be a b it lighter ?

Applied Aerodynamics: Wake Turbulence and Contrails
by B74A

Comment by bs-photos:
That almost doesn't look real, althought I've never seen a plane from that angle that close... neat!

Applied Aerodynamics: Wake Turbulence and Contrails
by B74A

Comment by briantammy:
that is cool. I wish the trails were whiter though

Applied Aerodynamics: Wake Turbulence and Contrails
by B74A

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Except for some visible posterization this is pretty good. Cool view.