Not A Comet

Sunset. Clear skies. A white dagger moving slowly toward the horizon.

Not a comet. A jet headed out to sea over Ventura County. High and fast.

Destination Hawaii was my first guess. Going to Asia, Tokyo or Shanghai or Seoul, they would be heading north or northwest, up the coast toward Alaska on a great circle route. Headed out to sea in this direction there’s a LOT of nothing except Hawaii unless you’re going to Singapore or Australia.

The dot is another jet, this one headed south down the coast from Asia into LAX. There’s a whole stream of them, 24/7/365.

(Image: Flightradar24)

As expected. Have fun, folks!