Met Office explanation on the reason for unique formation over Nottinghamshire skies

The Met Office has provided an explanation on a unique formation spotted over Nottinghamshire skies on Monday evening. The large thin looking formation was first noticed near Attenborough, from the A453, at around 9pm on Monday, May 22,

Paul Gregory, who saw the formation, had been out trying to spot a barn owl when he noticed the formation at around 9pm. He said he had not noticed anything prior to that point.

Now the Met Office has offered an explanation for the weather event. The national weather service said that while it is hard to tell from a single zoomed in picture, the image looks like it shows a contrail from an aircraft as the sun is setting.