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— — - I was covering a small wildland fire in the Oceano Dunes area of San Luis Obispo County, CA. Difficult terrain made it easier to access the fire from the air so Copter 792 was dispatched. After looking over all my photos I was struck by the contrails given off by the rotor tips...
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I was covering a small wildland fire in the Oceano Dunes area of San Luis Obispo County, CA. Difficult terrain made it easier to access the fire from the air so Copter 792 was dispatched. After looking over all my photos I was struck by the contrails given off by the rotor tips...

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sam kuminecz
Technically a contrail is hot exhaust hitting cool atmosphere and creating condensation...what your seeing here is tip vortecies...air pressure difference above and below the rotor creates condensation...

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