I was watching the eclipse in Corvallis and, about 10 minutes before totality, a plane jetted around at high altitude and left a contrail[1]. The new cloud, in the otherwise perfectly clear sky, began to drift toward the sun and I thought, "There could be few better symbols of the attitude that some of %0.0001 have to the rest of us than this." Fortunately, even though the contrail did drift over the sun during totality[1], it was very thin (and dark) and did not distract and the event in the least.<p>I'm glad Alaska Air did this flight over the Pacific and not where they would distract hundreds of thousands of people with their flight. Anyone know how to find out what flight (or private jet) was the one I saw was? Would be an interesting fact to add to my memory of the event.<p>Please forgive the many artifacts from this smartphone camera.<p>[1] Before totality (<a href="https://njarboe.com/eclipse/beforeTotality.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://njarboe.com/eclipse/beforeTotality.jpg</a>)<p>[2] During totality (<a href="https://njarboe.com/eclipse/totality.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://njarboe.com/eclipse/totality.jpg</a>). This photo was right at the beginning of totality and in no way captures what I saw, but does show where the contrail ended up. I was more interested in experiencing the eclipse than trying to get a photo.