soot
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Soot triggers the formation of contrails and 'contrail cirrus', which are line-shaped clouds produced by aircraft engine exhaust.
From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2023
Soot looks black because it absorbs light in the visible part of the spectrum—that is, the kind of light we see.
From Scientific American • Jun. 16, 2023
Soot is also known as fine particulate matter because its fragments are so small — 2.5 microns in diameter or less.
From Salon • Jan. 13, 2023
Review: Alison Saar traces diasporas in the exceptional ‘Silt, Soot and Smut’ at L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2021
Soot stains marked some of the arrow loops, and here and there a crack or a missing merlon could be seen in the curtain wall, but it seemed little enough from this distance.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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Black and Gray
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