Above the Mark: Sky-Writing

Sky-writing is created by jet planes by mixing paraffin oil into a smoky plane exhaust. Individual letters can be around one mile long and take a minute or longer to create. A lot of the time, single words or phrases of text rather than full sentences are created because, after a short amount of time, the smoke will dissipate and become illegible. By keeping sky-writing short and simple, it leaves an impact on those who can see it from the ground below and always makes a great "kodak moment." 

An individual named Sarah Hughes captured the moment a plane had written an awareness message for the people of Sydney, Australia amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and was posted on Instagram on March 12, 2020, by user @sc_redleader. All credit remains to the original publisher.

Jon Rimer, a resident of Los Angeles, California, captured the moment a plane had just finished writing, "Stay Strong LA," in the sky during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic and posted it onto Instagram under the account: @jonrimer. All credit remains to the original publisher.

This artifact saying "Trust" in the sky was spotted in Orlando, Fl, and photographed on December 28, 2020. The ambiguity of what "trust" is supposed to mean can make it far more interesting to some rather than other versions of skywriting done with a purpose.