Yes I have a preoccupation with aircraft contrails.

Looking up is more than just the visual drama. Up there are hundreds of souls entrusting their lives to the modern miracle of international air-travel.

Up there adventures are being created or completed, business deals are in the offing, agreed on or have been laid awry.

I see a distillation of the human experience shrouded in a cylindrical tube hurtling 11Km above at 900Kph.

Safe travels on to Melbourne flight SQ217.

Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 964, Flight SQ217’ 1/640s f/5.6 ISO320 200mm