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From: shatterbrain , [DNS_Address]
Subject: The spectacular SpaceX spiral sky show
URL: A NEW SPACEX SPIRAL
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Update: SpaceX is to blame. On Monday night, a luminous blue spiral appeared in the night sky over Lofoten, Norway. Bettina Begtoft photographed the apparition on March 5th as it sank into the Barents Sea: I noticed it at 2:02 am local time," says Begtoft. "To the naked eye it looked white, but my Nikon D750 camera revealed the beautiful blue color." Begtoft witnessed a "SpaceX spiral." About an hour earlier (Sunday, March 4th at March 4th at 22:05 UT), SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base. It carried 53 small satellites to Earth-orbit, a mission known as Transporter-10. When the rocket's discarded 2nd stage passed over Barents sea, it performed a de-orbit burn. A bit of spin turned the exhaust into a spectacular spiral. Aurora photographer Shang Yang saw the same spiral from Iceland: I caught this in Akureyri around 1 a.m. local time on March 5th," says Yang. "It looked otherworldly against the Northern Lights!" |
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From: chaskuchar@stcharlesmo, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: The spectacular SpaceX spiral sky show
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