White sheets below (en este contexto)

Spanish translation: cortinas

01:20 Jun 1, 2020
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Aerospace / Aviation / Space
English term or phrase: White sheets below (en este contexto)
Hola a todos,

Espero que estés bien.

Es un texto sobre una invasión militar... tengo dudas sobre cómo traducir la última frase... formando "white sheets below". Gracias. :)

He watched the three helicopters as they plowed through the rain and wind and banked left, getting ready to land on the runway. The nose of the three steel beasts pitched up dramatically, and they slowed until they came to a hover over the taxiway. As they did, they formed ferocious vortices of rainwater, spreading out in white sheets below.
Diana Casoliba Bonache
Spanish translation:cortinas
Explanation:
Otra posibilidad, muy idiomática me parece (formando o desparramando cortinas de agua de lluvia, o de luvia...)
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Víctor Zamorano
Spain
Local time: 19:16
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2cortinas
Víctor Zamorano
4trombas / ráfagas blancas debajo
Marco Paz
3capa blanca abajo/por debajo
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón


  

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white sheets below (en este contexto)
trombas / ráfagas blancas debajo


Explanation:
Una posibilidad, según el contexto.

Saludos

https://dle.rae.es/tromba?m=form



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Marco Paz
Local time: 13:16
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Native speaker of: Spanish
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cortinas


Explanation:
Otra posibilidad, muy idiomática me parece (formando o desparramando cortinas de agua de lluvia, o de luvia...)

Víctor Zamorano
Spain
Local time: 19:16
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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white sheets below (en este contexto)
capa blanca abajo/por debajo


Explanation:
... extendiéndose por debajo en capas blancas.

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 13:16
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 40
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