File:Ship Track Plumes Crisscross the Pacific (NESDIS 2012-02-21).png

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As cargo ships steam across the oceans, the tiny aerosol particles in their exhaust act as seeds around which moisture in the atmosphere can condense. Occasionally this results in ship tracks becoming visible in cloud imagery.

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English: As cargo ships steam across the oceans, the tiny aerosol particles in their exhaust act as seeds around which moisture in the atmosphere can condense. Occasionally this results in ship tracks becoming visible in cloud imagery. Taken on February 21, 2012, this GOES-15 visible image shows such tracks, some of which are 1,000 miles long.
Date 21 February 2012 (upload date)
Source Ship Track Plumes Crisscross the Pacific
Author NOAA

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