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Credit & Copyright: Craig Bobchin
Explanation:
What's happened to the sky?
On Friday, the photogenic launch plume from a
SpaceX
rocket launch created
quite a spectacle over parts of southern California and
Arizona.
Looking at times like a
giant space fish, the impressive rocket launch from
Vandenberg Air Force Base near
Lompoc, California, was so bright because it was
backlit by the setting Sun.
Lifting off during
a minuscule one-second launch window, the
Falcon 9
Heavy
rocket successfully delivered to
low
Earth orbit ten
Iridium
NEXT
satellites that are part of a
developing global communications
network.
The plume from the first stage is seen on the right,
while the soaring upper stage rocket is seen at the apex of the
plume toward the left.
Several
good
videos
of the
launch were
taken.
The featured image was captured from
Orange County, California, in a 2.5 second duration exposure.
Gallery:
More
images of the SpaceX launch
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& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
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