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'''The Cloud Sump and Contrail Viewing Station''' is perhaps a quirk of topography, atmospheric conditions, proximity to the Great Lakes, glide paths of near-by municipal airfields, or residue from the pharmaceutical crop dusting aeroplanes that has generated these amazing displays of congested clouds aloft | '''The Cloud Sump and Contrail Viewing Station''' is perhaps a quirk of topography, atmospheric conditions, proximity to the Great Lakes, glide paths of near-by municipal airfields, or residue from the pharmaceutical crop dusting aeroplanes that has generated these amazing displays of congested clouds aloft over the the town of Winesburg, Indiana. | ||
[[File:Stroheim Harcourt 1946.jpg|alt=Erich von Stroheim, director of ''[[w:Greed (1924 film)|Greed]]'' and screenwriter of Contrails and You.|left|thumb|Erich von Stroheim, director of ''Greed'' and screenwriter of ''Contrails and You''.]] | [[File:Stroheim Harcourt 1946.jpg|alt=Erich von Stroheim, director of ''[[w:Greed (1924 film)|Greed]]'' and screenwriter of Contrails and You.|left|thumb|Erich von Stroheim, director of ''Greed'' and screenwriter of ''Contrails and You''.]] | ||
The Viewing Station features a treetop-level platform with an array of coin-operated telescopes and nature trails from which to marvel at the contrails. The visitor's center prides itself on its five-hour video, narrated by WOWO's [[Rupert Heffelfinger|Rupert "Roop" Heffelfinger]], that explains the phenomenon. An early, silent version of the video was titled ''Contrails and You'' and was based on a scenario by [[w:Erich von Stroheim|Erich von Stroheim]] from a memorandum by [[w:Michael Martone|Michael Martone]]. You won't want to miss a single second! | The Viewing Station features a treetop-level platform with an array of coin-operated telescopes and nature trails from which to marvel at the contrails. The visitor's center prides itself on its five-hour video, narrated by WOWO's [[Rupert Heffelfinger|Rupert "Roop" Heffelfinger]], that explains the phenomenon. An early, silent version of the video was titled ''Contrails and You'' and was based on a scenario by [[w:Erich von Stroheim|Erich von Stroheim]] from a memorandum by [[w:Michael Martone|Michael Martone]]. You won't want to miss a single second! | ||
Latest revision as of 09:57, 17 March 2022
The Cloud Sump and Contrail Viewing Station is perhaps a quirk of topography, atmospheric conditions, proximity to the Great Lakes, glide paths of near-by municipal airfields, or residue from the pharmaceutical crop dusting aeroplanes that has generated these amazing displays of congested clouds aloft over the the town of Winesburg, Indiana.
The Viewing Station features a treetop-level platform with an array of coin-operated telescopes and nature trails from which to marvel at the contrails. The visitor's center prides itself on its five-hour video, narrated by WOWO's Rupert "Roop" Heffelfinger, that explains the phenomenon. An early, silent version of the video was titled Contrails and You and was based on a scenario by Erich von Stroheim from a memorandum by Michael Martone. You won't want to miss a single second!
