BBC Focus "Why don’t aeroplanes always leave fluffy white trails in the sky?"
BBC Focus "Why don’t aeroplanes always leave fluffy white trails in the sky?"
I was commissioned by BBC Focus Magazine to create an illustration for the article by Helen Czerski "Why don’t aeroplanes always leave fluffy white trails in the sky?" ("Everyday Science" column, issue 304). I have developed up two sketches for this article.
"This is what we’re looking at when we see contrails – billions of fragile ice crystals, each one perhaps only one hundredth of a millimetre across. So on that one day, the contrails were telling me that ten kilometers up in the sky, the air happened to be really humid. I find it frustrating not to be able to see the amazing subtlety of our atmosphere more often – how sad that it’s almost all invisible! But at least once in a while, a plane can provide a glimpse into that hidden world."
Art Editor: Joe Eden
Designer: Steve Boswell
Copyright Immediate Media Co
Here is an accepted illustration.
