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Daisy Dobrijevic

FOUND: Wow rare rainbow contrails caught on camera photos | Mind Blowing Facts

rainbow contrails behind an airplane in front of a blue sky.

A series of stunning rainbow contrails were captured by amateur photographer Soumyadeep Mukherjee, from Kolkata, India. 

Contrails are a type of ice cloud produced when water vapor generated from the airplane's engines condenses and freezes around dust particles or with the water vapor already present in the air, according to NASA.

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