What are these things? I always see them in the sky

No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 69 points – 10 months ago

These shoot up or down from the sky and leave a trail of smoke. Are these meteors?

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The trails or the things leaving the trails? In either case I think they may be aircraft contrails, but I'm not sure going off the image alone.

Thanks! That’s probably what they are especially because I live somewhat near an airport which would explain why I see them so often.

I think that planes taking off from a nearby airport won't be that high.

I live ~20km away from it. It’s not like really close. Would they be far enough in the air for those to appear?

Yes, absolutely. Most passenger planes will still be in an accelerated climb at that range.