The month of June is celebrated all around the world as the LGBT Pride Month. And in a beautiful coincidence, a German photographer Nick Beyersdorf captured a Qatar Airways A380 plane being chased by a rainbow which also symbolises LGBTQ pride.
?Contrails are mostly made of crystalised or frozen water vapour, and is a byproduct of jet engine combustion, states this report.
¡°I was in the garden with my mother and I got my camera with me because I saw a Qatar Airways plane appearing over the neighbor¡¯s house,¡± Beyersdorf told the Daily Mail.
¡°It wasn't starting like normal contrails from the engines but from the wings. So I took quite a few pictures. Due to the angle of the sun, the contrail started to get rainbow colors.¡±
According to Contrail Science, this iridescent contrail is also called an aerodynamic contrail. It¡¯s formed by the reduction of pressure in the air as it moves over the wing. When a contrail forms near the sun it reflects the light from sunrays giving out colourful rays of light. The colourful cloud then scatters the light showing a rainbow.
"This is hands down the best picture I've taken in this year and I think nothing will beat it."
"Due to the atmospheric conditions it was producing a contrail that started from the wings. And due to the sun's angle, the contrail reflected the light perfectly to create a rainbow effect. It is just awesome that 600 tons of aluminium can fly that high above you."
For those unaware, the LGBTQ colours were designed in 1998 by Michael Page with the aim of increase bisexual visibility within society, and gay people demanded respect and equality, rather than asking for it, or trying to educate the heterosexual population.
To celebrate 50 years of LGBTQ Pride, Google is debuting a ¡°living monument¡± to the Stonewall Riots.
In association with the The Center, a New York City LGBT community center, and the National Park Service, Google has announced the project, ¡°Stonewall Forever."