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2024-12-15 14:05:48 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4018088FE0BEF0933CBB93A5A97907F92D081A190C4F1E87028EA5B515C712B7
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This is an airplane contrail, which is visible at night because they reflect moonlight or city light. Contrails are essentially tiny ice crystals that wouldn't be visible without a light source to reflect off of. The moon, or city light, provides this light source. https://www.space.com/what-are-contrails https://contrailscience.com/short-sunlit-contrails-look-like-ufos/ https://www.cnn.com/us/chemtrails-conspiracy-theory-explained-cec/index.html
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