Ship tracks
Clouds that form around the exhaust released by ships / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ship tracks are clouds that form around the exhaust released by ships into the still ocean air.[1] Water molecules collect around the tiny particles (aerosols) from exhaust to form a cloud seed. More and more water accumulates on the seed until a visible cloud is formed. In the case of ship tracks, the cloud seeds are stretched over a long narrow path where the wind has blown the ship's exhaust, so the resulting clouds resemble long strings over the ocean.[2] Ship tracks are a type of homogenitus cloud.[3]