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2024-10-06 03:18:45 UTC - HELPFUL
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Those are condensation trails, or contrails. Contrails are long clouds of ice crystals caused by the exhaust from the engines of high-flying aircraft. https://www.space.com/what-are-contrails A conspiracy theory claims these are "chemtrails," or chemicals sprayed in the atmosphere, but this is not true. https://www.space.com/33763-atmospheric-scientists-debunk-chemtrails-conspiracy-theory.html https://keith.seas.harvard.edu/chemtrails-conspiracy-theory
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