Inavyoeleweka huku angani kuna upepo wenye kasi kubwa (marekebisho kama siko sahihi).
Mara nyingi nimeona zile ndege zinazopita juu sana zamani tukiziita 'roketi' zinaacha mstari mweupe wa moshi na mstari huu unachukua muda kupotea/kutawanyika unaweza kuchukua hata dakika 10 au zaidi.
Je, kwa nini hali hiyo inatokea au inawezekana kuwa si kweli kuna upepo mkali huko angani?
1. Condensation of water vapor in the exhaust gas
This needs the very cold, very dry air at higher altitudes between 6000m and 12000m. These trails can form condensation cores for humidity already present, so the trail grows over time and stays in place for hours. They are called condensation trails or "contrails".
Cirrus clouds triggered by aircraft contrails
2. Smoke from unburnt or partially burnt fuel
This was prevalent in early jets and allowed to spot them from a distance - just follow the black line, at its tip is an aircraft. Smokeless combustor cans which allow more fuel-air mixing put an end to this.
This B-47 uses rockets to accelerate quickly which leave the biggest smoke trail, but also the old J-47 left a lot of smoke behind. This picture is from the excellent web page contrailscience.
3. Oil mist or smoke flares
The third source is shown in your picture: Oil is injected into the hot exhaust stream which forms a dense mist. This can be done with jets and piston engines, and gliders or parachutists use smoke flares. Once they are ignited (in most cases electrically) they burn down and cannot be switched off.
There are many more things that can be sprayed from an aircraft (fuel, obviously, when it has to be dumped in an emergency, fertilizer or insecticides, silver iodide to seed clouds), but these are special cases. I encourage you to visit contrailscience.com for an exhaustive list of those other cases.
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