You might think it was the sunrise that caught my attention when taking this picture. It was, in fact, the vapour trails left by aircraft, all but two of them following the same flight path in an easterly direction.
It’s not the first time I’ve noticed this phenomena. It seems to happen early in the morning, around six am.
It doesn’t happen every day, but sometimes when looking to the sky at that time, all the air traffic is heading east. Our house has one particular window offering great views to the east and occasionally I can look out of it and it gives the slightly bizarre impression that all the air traffic is heading towards the early morning sun.
As a former travel journalist, I can be a little bit of a geek when it comes to noticing such things. If a low-flying aircraft ever come overhead, I will always take a look at the tail fin and try to identify what airline it comes from. Looking at vapour trails is merely an extension of this!
Out of interest, what caught your eye first, the vapour trails or the rising sun? I’d be very interested to know.
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21 thoughts on “Flight path”
It was definitely the vapour trails that caught my eye first, probably because I saw a very similar sight the other evening. I wanted to take a photo, but of course I driving, so I didn’t!
Best not to take photos while driving Sarah! Glad you liked the shot.
Sun first for me, it is as if the vapour trails take your eye there.
That’s what I thought about the pic. They do draw your eyes towards the sun don’t they?
I look at the tail fins too and imagine where the people are going to/from. As we live between Gatwick and Heathrow you can imagine that I don’t get much else done
Yeah, you must spend your life looking skywards.
What a stunning sky, we see a lot of vapour trails around the Peak District, I suppose not being that far from Manchester we get a lot of air traffic.
Manchester Airport is, I believe, the UK’s second busiest and not a lot of people appreciate that.
The vapour trails were what caught my eye too. We see a lot of them around here too. I do love the sunrise in this shot too 🙂
The silhouetted hill works quite well doesn’t it? thanks for your comment!
A beautiful morning sky, I wonder where they’re all heading off to
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I think somewhere in the Far East. being a geek, I kinda calculated arrival times and it would make sense!
Yes the vapour trails I think. But then they ARE very prominent. Great pic
Yeah, they are quite rpominent in this image. I’ve tried capturing others and it hasn’t quite worked out.
What a beautiful sky!
The vapour trails caught my eye first…
It is a stunning sky isn’t it?
The vapour trails led me towards the rising sun, as the planes are no doubt heading holidaymakers towards sunnier destinations…well at least that’s what I always think when I see an airplane!
They’re very high and heading east so my money is on Asia, somewhere.
Great capture, I love how it looks like they are all heading towards the sun.
I thought it was very eye catching. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Such a beautiful photo, the trails draw your eye towards the sun. Love it x