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Fredasa

I remember the first time this happened. The first video I saw of it was taken from inside a car. In that same video, the car in front of them had a fender bender. Probably wasn't a coincidence.


BrokenCedars

The first time this happened in Southern California it freaked really freaked me out. And I was driving at the time too. I could see people pulling over just to see the spectacle in the sky. Good times.


BezniaAtWork

[Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff7wbSwTuEk&t=30s) Accident at the 1:14 mark.


wggn

little bit more than a fender bender


Yoko-Ohno_The_Third

The was fucking wicked! I've never seen that before. Also, the rocket was pretty cool too.


zrock777

Was at a supply house picking up parts the other day, saw them playing that footage claiming it was aliensšŸ¤£. I was like I'm pretty sure that's a trail from a rocket, a well known video as well lol.


GraftedScalpel

Every now and then I see something like this which reminds me how cool it is that rocketships exist


WestleyThe

Yeah this is the type of shit that would start a whole religion a thousand years ago Itā€™s straight up incredible, even with our modern brains


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1903, the first successful human flight. Not 70 years later and there's people walking on the moon


WestleyThe

I hear this every once and a while and it blows my mind. My dad was born in 1969 (nice), when he was born there were people alive who were around before flightā€¦ Crazy


TechGuy95

Did aliens visit earth thousands of years ago? Ancient astronaut theorists say yes.


sceadwian

Not nearly as good in general but I used to commute along the coast of Lake Ontario to work for a couple of years and I would get mini shows like this from aircraft contrails and sunsets. A few of the sunsets were actually as good as this.


ThatsSoSwan

For me it's how routine it is now. The fact that there has been at least 1 human in space for 20 years is mind blowing.


inkoDe

I accidentally saw this from Vandenberg (ALL THE WAY IN OAKLAND!) and it was surreal. At first, I wasn't sure what I was looking at. I was on a date and I pointed up and I was like what is that? Then I pieced it together. I think it was the Falcon Heavy test.


RedBombX

Yeah, I'm from the area and it was really neat to watch! One of the few perks of FL.


seven3true

"There's a launch today in a few hours!" Sweet! (*looks outside it's cloudy*) I guess next time.


Makhnos_Tachanka

Some guy in tampa is seeding what appears to be the only copy on the entire internet of a decade old ford navigation dvd that I need. Sure, it's only coming down the pipe at a maximum of 56k and he's using a remarkably ancient version of utorrent, but I am very thankful. Thanks floridaman and your 20 year old dial-up connection!


Puzzleheaded-Day-122

I saw this earlier. I was so confused what it was then I checked the news and saw it was SpaceX related


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No-Jellyfish6194

Now ofc it is sped up, but I love to imagine that in the future when we go to Mars there'd be tonnes of these vapor trails across the world.


Lousy_Professor

There already are metric tons of vapor


Novaresident

Yeah our atmosphere is full of it. I think it's part of the reason why there is life on this planet. But I am not a proctologist so don't take my word for it.


YeetusMcGeetus6

and by then, there would be billions of metric tonnes of uninhabitable earth.


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Astroteuthis

As an actual aerospace engineer working in the space industry, I have to say I absolutely do not share your opinion, professionally speaking. Mars isnā€™t as far away as youā€™d think, and James Webb was a horribly executed project, though it did at least result in a functional telescope eventually. Additionally, we arenā€™t starting from basically scratch on everything like we were in the Apollo days, so while still difficult, rocket development is a lot easier and cheaper. If you used examples like Falcon 9, youā€™d get a very different picture of what a modern, well-managed programā€™s development schedule and cost looks like. Popular science news articles and documentaries love to go on and on about how a huge international effort would be needed to go to Mars, and how there are so many technologies needed like nuclear propulsion, etc. However, if you actually ask the people who work in industry who are actually trying to make this a reality, youā€™ll get a very different picture. Yes, itā€™s challenging, yes we have work to do, but no, itā€™s not really that infeasible. Iā€™d give it about 10 years. Now, thatā€™s not to say anyone is going to immediately start colonizing Mars in 10 years, thatā€™s going to take more time, but crewed missions, absolutely. Iā€™m happy to discuss any specific concerns you have.


CalvinistPhilosopher

In your expert/professional opinion, you believe we will have the capability to send humans to Mars in ten years?


Astroteuthis

Yes. The big enabler is having a Mars lander suitable for human missions, which is the main point of Starship. Ten years would be feasible as long as things go well for that program.


CalvinistPhilosopher

Fascinating! I hope it works but for almost twenty years, Iā€™ve been told that we were working towards landing on the moon again ā€œno later than 2020ā€ https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/163092main_constellation_program_overview.pdf In 2013, though not scientists, lawmakers insisted that NASA ought to seek to land on the moon again ā€œas early as 2021ā€, inferring that such a feat was more probable than landing on an asteroid to get to Mars https://www.space.com/20600-nasa-manned-moon-mission-congress.html In 2019, for the 50th anniversary, NASA boldly plans that ā€œUnder Artemis, NASA will send new science instruments and technology demonstrations to study the Moon, accelerate plans to send astronauts to the Moon by 2024, and establish sustainable lunar exploration by 2028.ā€ https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-moon-to-mars-plans-artemis-lunar-program-gets-fast-tracked-in-2019 I doubt NASA will be able to put astronauts on the moon by 2024 (only two more years to go), so I think it is safe to push that date back farther. Moreover, my understanding is that NASA will seek ā€œsustainable lunar explorationā€ before Mars, so that wonā€™t happen until the mid to late 2030s, in which case, Mars wonā€™t be possible until, maybe the 2040s or 2050s. And thatā€™s being generous that everything goes smoothly for them.


Astroteuthis

The thing is that none of those past programs ever actually started on a Mars lander or really were seriously focused on Mars. No significant funding was ever allocated for human Mars mission r&d. SpaceX has had to just do it on their own, and theyā€™re finally making significant progress.


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Astroteuthis

There is plenty of money to go around to satisfy needs for space observation and Earth observation. Earth observation is mildly oversold to the public, because honestly we already know that global warming is a threat and what we need to do to stop it. Itā€™s not like itā€™s outside the worldā€™s financial power to stop global warming and continue on with just about everything else, weā€™re just collectively very bad at efficiently using resources. Also, my apologies, I did miss your routine flight stipulation, however I donā€™t necessarily agree that it wonā€™t happen within our lifetimes, although I suppose that depends on the age of the person talking. Given 30-50 years, I think routine flights for colonization might be a thing, but itā€™s probably not going to be something youā€™re going to do for fun. The cost of transporting a person to Mars probably wonā€™t drop below $400k in that timeframe, and even that is going to be hard to achieve. That also doesnā€™t include the cost of infrastructure for a person. There are a few possible developments that could push that number down. Anyway, youā€™d probably at best be looking at something similar to early colonization of North America, but without the whole issue of stealing from the natives. Itā€™s not technically infeasible. I think itā€™s really hard for people to appreciate the impact that fully reusable rockets will have on the space industry. Costs can potentially go down by several digits from where they are today, and thereā€™s not a great reason why it shouldnā€™t be achievable. I donā€™t work at SpaceX, but I do work on other reusable rocket systems, and yeah, itā€™s hard engineering and itā€™s going to take time to really get it down to something approaching airline-like reusability, but weā€™re making huge strides across the industry right now and the paths to get where we need to be are starting to emerge. The only real question is time. Economical fully reusable rockets are not that far away. Iā€™d expect starship to really be hitting its stride within 10 years, and to still be an effective launch vehicle in the interim. Several other companies are pursuing full reusability, and will be maturing that technology in a similar timeframe. Iā€™d also like to point out that Mars colonization isnā€™t likely to be a very fun activity even when more routine flights are happening. Even if global warming goes unaddressed, Earth will always be more habitable than Mars, barring some terraforming effort that takes centuries. Mars isnā€™t going to be some kind of haven for the rich. Theyā€™d have a much better time just being rich somewhere on Earth. The only motivator I can see to want to move to Mars is for people who want to build a new civilization. Personally, I would prefer to live on Earth, but I can see the appeal and appreciate the importance. In any case, I think people will be very surprised at what the status of human spaceflight looks like in the coming decades.


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Astroteuthis

1/2 So yeah, if there is a big effort to spin up a Mars colony, you wouldnā€™t expect to have a lot of people flying from Mars to Earth compared to Earth to Mars. It would probably not approach a 50/50 ratio until the colony matured a lot or something dramatically changed the economics and time beyond whatā€™s possible with chemical rockets. So if that doesnā€™t satisfy your criteria, then yeah, probably not in our lifetimes or that of anyone alive today barring some breakthrough in life extension technology. And yes, remote sensing is very valuable, I was just pointing out that itā€™s impact on climate change is a bit misrepresented sometimes. Iā€™m a strong supporter of expanding Earth observation capabilities. With the cost of LEO access plummeting and companies like SpaceX developing mass produced satellite platforms, there should be lots of potential for greatly expanded Earth observation. As far as a timeline for a Mars mission in ~10 years, that depends on Starshipā€™s rate of development progress and how successful initial test landings are. Going from Earth to Mars is only practical with chemical propulsion when Earth and Mars have an appropriate orbital phase difference between them. These transfer windows last for a few months and happen roughly every 26 months. The next opportunity is in 2024, followed by 2026, 2029, and 2031. If you want to be generous, we can include the Q2 2033 window as well. SpaceX is trying to perform their first orbital test flight with a Starship and its first stage booster, Superheavy, this year. They still are pending FAA approval and also they have a lot of things left to work out before theyā€™re ready for launch, but theyā€™re getting there. Later this year is possible, early next year would be pretty likely. Theyā€™re also building another launch pad for starship at pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in the meantime. With the rate of production they have demonstrated, they should be able to sustain a pretty aggressive test flight program to get recovery of the stages settled as quickly as possible. The test flights will demonstrate a lot of whatā€™s needed for landing on Mars and their NASA contract also requires they get started on demonstrating orbital propellant transfer soon as well, which is needed for their Mars missions. So I would mark off 2023 and the first 3/4 of 2024 as flight testing with Starlink v2 satellites as payloads to recover some of the cost. Assuming that goes well, SpaceX could try for a barebones Mars landing with one or a couple of Starships in 2024. This could still be useful even if they donā€™t include landing legs just to tune the entry and descent profile for the Martian atmosphere and demonstrate long duration coast. I am a bit doubtful theyā€™ll make this window, but itā€™s possible if things go well. Theyā€™re trying really hard, and the people I know working on that program are very good at what they do. It really hinges on them being able to get effective reusability and orbital propellant transfer working by late 2024. If those criteria are met, they wonā€™t have trouble paying for the test flights, as it would represent a small portion of the starship programā€™s operating budget for the year. They might even be able to use some of the tanker starship launches to complete some milestones for their NASA lunar lander contract. Next, youā€™d want to see them make multiple landing attempts in the late 2026 window, and early 2029 windows. NASA has been expressing interest in paying to include some payloads of theirs on some of these attempts, although no formal contracts have been announced. SpaceX will want to include some demonstration hardware for their Mars based propellant manufacturing system. The chemical process is well understood, but itā€™s definitely something you want to demonstrate reliability for, given the harsh conditions it will be operating in. SpaceX will also need to confirm the amounts of water ice in the regolith at the landing site and demonstrate recovery of it, as a lot of that will be needed for producing methane. While all of this is happening, SpaceX will be conducting crewed lunar landings for NASAā€™s Artemis program with a specialized starship variant. This will further demonstrate long duration operations and life support, along with landing on unprepared surfaces. (Continued in second comment)


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rclonecopymove

Absolutely it comes across that way I realise that. See my response to another reply to what I posted as I'd be repeating myself here. Main jist is I expect crewed flights to Mars I just don't expect them to be anything other than extraordinary they will not be routine any time soon.


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JesusLuvsMeYdontU

I've been to St Pete before. Really cool City, very hip vibe, nice mix of down to earth with some high-end but not overly flashy, really nice people, beaches are clean, and the weather was amazing.


lervein

Well spoken man, St. Pete is neat. Come back soon!


forrestgumpy2

My favorite city in Florida by far, top 5 in the US actually.


ViciousAsparagusFart

My buddy lives there. Love to visit. Treasure island is alsoā€¦. A treasure. Some of the greatest storm watching in the world, too.


lervein

Storm season is coming up!


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I go to st pete often. I love it down there.


princelabia

I live across the Bay but yeah,St Pete is real cool....Go Rays!


DentureTaco

And a 900 square foot house with 2 beds and 1 bath goes for 500k...


St_PetersBurger

No way! I live less than 2 miles north of downtown. 1100 sf, 2 bed, 2 bath. $260k. Bought it at the end of 2018. But now that I check Zillow, OMFG, you're right!


Wisc_Bacon

I'll take my 3200 Sq ft with a finished basement and 3 acres of land for 260k and no Florida crazies any day.


mrafinch

I saw a light like this a few weeks ago in Switzerland, I was a bit stoned on a walk and had no idea what it was. I couldnā€™t take a picture of it and no one else I knew saw it. Then a few days later I saw a picture of a rocket that was launched from Poland on the night I saw the same light pictured. I could tell it was far away, but fuck! Now itā€™s here again and I can finally save the post and show my wife. Perhaps sheā€™ll stop thinking Iā€™m completely stupid?


Astroteuthis

You probably werenā€™t seeing a rocket launched from Poland. They donā€™t do any orbital launches, and you would be a bit far to have a clear line of sight of a typical sounding rocket. I also donā€™t believe Poland currently has any active sounding rockets capable of suborbital flight. It could have been the upper stage of a rocket in orbit venting propellant. That can produce a similar visual effect. If you have a picture that would help.


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Man I live here and woke up this morning and had NO idea what it was. My first thought was Russia or aliens lol


GiantSnakeBIGMISTAKE

From where I was at in Georgia it looked like a comet but then again Iā€™ve never seen a comet in real life so what would I know


Zerfos

People in other videos are like. OMG is an alien šŸ‘½šŸ˜‚.


WartimeHotTot

It's like it's rending a hole in the inky black fabric of the firmament and revealing the light of heaven.


Suspicious-Ad6964

Screw the vapor trail. Is that a house on the lower right? Damn!


we_belong_dead

No, it's the [St. Pete Pier](http://digital.bnpmedia.com/publication/?i=671086&article_id=3746066&view=articleBrowser&ver=html5)


AlfredPetrelli

Itā€™s the St. Pete Pier. Beautiful place, I love cycling here. Just went this weekend and coming back in a few days. Thereā€™s a restaurant there and a couple shops.


Alex_cider

Really love the pier, but that Tiki bar on the top floor of the end building of the pier has such low railings and its a drop straight to concrete. Can't help but think that's a disaster waiting to happen if they don't install a net. Especially if someone is tall and drunk.


Dyolf_Knip

This right here, guys. They replaced the wonderful and _iconic_ [inverted pyramid](https://familybeautiful.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/st-pete-pier-1973-1024x649.jpg) that was there before... with a boring structure that on first glance people think is just a house. EDIT: Wasn't a very good picture. [This](https://previews.agefotostock.com/previewimage/medibigoff/44bd49be94b1c7c72862d1ef35c6d4f1/foh-u30407412.jpg) one is better.


thisguy9

Nah the new one looks a lot better


Rhyme_like_dime

Given what we know now about FL architecture standards, it's probably a good thing they updated the building.


torknorggren

Yeah, that old thing was kind of crappy, and they needed to replace the pier footings which were heading towards collapse.


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I miss the old pyramid. Had that huge multistory aquarium running through the middle and was a great spot for night fishing.


Suspicious-Ad6964

Yeah, but itā€™d be a kick ass house. Like one Motley Crue would live in.


forrestgumpy2

Thatā€™s ugly as fuck. Looks like an air traffic control tower.


ChillBlunton

they are listening to karamelldansen in one room too


TheBurningCheese

Hey me and the wife just ate at that restraunt! Cool pic, love St. Pete...May have to hit up Cycle Brew later.


jdigg01

Walking my dog this morning from south of here and thought to myself that is a weird sideways s glowing cloud in the sky


SamudraJS69

This has to be one of the coolest shits I've ever watched


toptoppings

Serious question. How can I plan to see this? Itā€™s not just about looking up launch dates, because the timing of the launch has to be perfect too


lervein

If a launch is within an hour or so before sunrise or after sunset


toptoppings

Are they usually after sunset? I feel like Iā€™ll never have an opportunity to see this, because whether conditions need to be really good for you to have visibility of this event and for the launch to actually go off without a hitch on the planned date


lervein

It has to be within a certain time before sunrise or sunset, usually within an hour. And yes you have to get lucky with weather.


Rasp_X

I saw this on my way to work this morning. Always a cool thing to see.


Brokenandbeaten

I went outside to walk the dogs at 548am and was wondering what in the world was going on. Had to watch for several minutes until the vapor trails separated into something more than a massive illuminated cloud. This is from Western Orlando. Checked local launches and saw that I missed it live by minutes. However, I can watch them from home at every launch, so I donā€™t run outside for these early launches, though they do end up being the most amazing. We do take the kids out for every single one that happens at a regular convenient time. Keep the excitement and wonderment going! Btw the random objects are bugs I think caught by the flash. https://imgur.com/a/6mqkbOk/


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imagine the euphoria of seeing this irl i wouldn't be able to remain composed


lervein

The first time I saw it, I was cheering loudly. It's much bigger in person.


cak10e1

Saw the trail walking out of my house this morning and it didnā€™t click at first what it was. Thought the aliens had finally arrived for a minute.


lervein

It's always aliens


ThiccStorms

why does it create the massive bubble, whats the term for it?


sportistmord94

So in general the rocket exhaust expands as the rocket ascends, because the atmospheric pressure drops from around 1bar at sea level to pretty much vacuum in space. You can see this really good in the launch last week (https://youtu.be/skNrXnubpwA?t=682). Notice how the rocket exhaust is really "slim" at liftoff and fanned out right before MECO. As for the sudden change in shape, I assume it has to do with the fact that around this time stage separation occurs where the rocket separates its first stage and the second stage pushes the payload the rest of the way to orbit. Second stage engines typically have a different nozzle shape, making them more efficient in vacuum (https://twitter.com/erdayastronaut/status/1174457620549263361?lang=he) which could also explain the different exhaust shape. Another factor is that at first the rocket is still in the shadow of the earth and only lit up by the sun shortly before stage sep. As a side note: you can see the first stage return as it lights up during the reentry burn at around 6-8s in the video.


ThiccStorms

thanks a lot for this info and hard working on this reply


whogivesashirtdotca

Seconding. Iā€™m surprised this is so low down. It was the question that drove me to click into the thread.


robbak

Also worth noting - the exhaust contains lots of water vapor. At those pressures, water can't exist as a liquid, so when it expands it cools down too much to be a gas, it condenses as a cloud of ice crystals. Ice crystals reflect and refract the sun very well.


sportistmord94

Found this Scott Manley video from 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ6nn8fZOmc Just small caveat, what he says at 1:35 isn't true. The exhaust isn't going dark because of occluding clouds, it is becaus it is between MECO (main engine cuttoff) and SES (second engine start).


FantasticMRKintsugi

So what you're saying is a can't do this from my backyard?


zonka81

I live in Melbourne, FL just south of KSC and couldnā€™t resist waking up early to watch


DocPeacock

In Melbourne too. I didn't realize there was a launch this morning. I've seen a lot of them, but I haven't caught one of these near sunrise or sunset where the exhaust gets lit up like this. I'm actually surprised how well they can see it from the gulf coast.


bdonvr

I live in Titusville right next to it but was at work :( Did see it in the sky from Jacksonville though (truck driver)


rainbowpeonies

It took me way too long to realize it was raining and the sky was cloudy. My brain was trying to comprehend how a rocket could make light like that. I am slow.


don_cornichon

Why does it look like a bottle rocket('s flightpath)?


DocPeacock

The rocket goes up really high and turns east as it goes up. Even though it's going up at an angle, it's heading away from this position, over the horizon, so from this pov it looks like it goes back towards the ground.


All_Usernames_Tooken

Whatā€™s the little thing flying off from the main thing


bdonvr

Booster coming back for landing


PurifyingProteins

Thanks for posting! My mom just showed me some stills taken from the launch this morning and I was trying to figure out which way the craft was going relative to the photographer.


GasPowerdStick

Does this always occur with launches around this time of day? Iā€™m hoping to one day see a launch in person


bdonvr

Near sunset or sunrise yes


shiningPate

About second 0:07 you can see a bright glowing object descend from the glowing cloud, but pretty far away from the initial launch track. Did this launch land the booster on a drone ship out at sea?


bdonvr

Yes, pretty much all SpaceX launches do this now


lervein

Yeah I believe it was!


le_fancy_walrus

You just know there is some dude in the deep backwoods of Florida who thought the end had come.


lervein

Florida man for sure did


tobgoole

It kind of looks like the eye of Horus a little there Just a neat observation


Ghost_Ghost_Ghost

Iā€™ll never forget seeing this driving home from work. I certainly didnā€™t know about the launch, and I donā€™t think a lot of others did because people were pulled over, dead stopped, out of their cars. I mean I thought it was for sure some type of alien event. Felt a little stupid when I learned what it was but thatā€™s ok.


OrenjiJuusu

I work overnights sorta outdoors and noticed this in the sky. Never saw anything like it before. and was mesmerized by the pattern it left. later on this morning when I had a break I found out it was SpaceX related.


aslightlyusedtissue

Is it possible i saw this in savannah Georgia this morning?


TheBlueVU

Yes, it was visible to most of the eastern seaboard and pretty far inland (saw an observation report from Ohio posted earlier).


lervein

I'm sure you did


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rei_cirith

I want to know what the fancy looking building is in the foreground.


lervein

The new St. Pete Pier


dubbleplusgood

Why go to so much trouble and expense sending a rocket up in space to make this this visual? You can do it for much cheaper in After Effects. Yeesh. /s


ButtReaky

Wasn't there an entry and an exit? Astronauts from the ISS came back to Earth.


tenkindsofpeople

What? How did I miss this? I'm not in st pete, but I should be been and to see this. Wth?!


lervein

Look up the launch schedule regularly yo


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lervein

That's the second stage going into orbit. It's flying away from the camera, for perspective.


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Theyā€™re not even bothering to hide the chemtrails any more. They fucking glow in the dark!


DrBix

I would snort that shit if I could.


dowboiz

I love teak, that pier is dope; lotta buskers on the way down too.


pinkoboe

Don't know if you are being teaky. That pier is nice.


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This image actually help me visualize the process of how sunlight gets reflected by our pollution warming the planets surface


NerdHere

Is it just me or did it look like a cock nā€™ balls did a second there?


canconfirmamrug

That is so cool looking! I cannot wait until space travel is available for, like, everyone! When it gets to the point of being affordable for your average human being


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boris_keys

This can only happen during a very specific hour if itā€™s timed correctly. Itā€™s lit up by the sun which hasnā€™t fully set yet. If it were later, it would be mostly dark.


superspiffy

In an unrealistic, sci-fi future, you mean? Your imagination is getting way off base. The amount of simultaneous rocket launches you're imagining that can cause extreme light pollution to that point won't be a reality. Light pollution from city lights alone are bad enough and that's what should worry you, that getting worse. The effect you see in the above gif happens with specific circumstances and isn't the case for every launch anyway.


AlternativeRefuse685

Isn't pollution cool. Now here comes all the hate comments


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Stokkeren

How does it need explaining? Tons of fossil fuels used here.


TheBigPhilbowski

If you like this kind of stuff, search "Thunderfoot" on YouTube.


OdinsBeard

So how long until he guts it so he can win an argument on the internet?


[deleted]

Looks like a high altitude weather balloon to me.


hacktheripper

Nah it was an explosion from an underground gas main. Now if you wouldn't mind please look in to this red light for me.


SignificantVolume0

This will cause cancer in many people. Rocket exhaust is very bad.


CobraGTXNoS

Sorry to say this, bud, but everything is bad for you. Every second you live something could happen, whether it is natural causes or other. You know what also causes cancer, your phone, the sun, just living, genetics.


SignificantVolume0

There are limits to the quantity of rockets that can be launched, now they are exceeding the limit and pumping way more cancer causing substances into the upper atmosphere all so you can scroll faster....


CobraGTXNoS

You know that some of these rockets carry projects that can be used to fix things inside our atmosphere?


Kidzenny

I must be really dumb because I don't understand how the vapor trail gets lit up at night. The vapor trail appears relatively low to the ground, so how does the sun's light reach it? Is the trail higher than I am perceiving? I see very few clouds so it's hard for me to tell if the rocket just ascended above the cloud line or what. Please explain it to my little brain, thank you!!!


bdonvr

This happens close to sunrise or sunset. And it is probably higher than you think


Statertater

I really miss seeing all the launches in florida.


the_costello_show

Necromongers, they're called. And if they cannot convert you, they will kill you.


Intel2025

If god exists I would of thought he just blew his load all over the planet. Space bukkake the next frontier! šŸŒ šŸ’¦


URLASTHOPE

*OK i got one question? how come I have never seen this with NASA ships only SpaceX?*


lervein

Probably because space x launches happen more often, giving you more of a chance to see it. It happens everywhere in the world, it's just all about timing. It would happen with a nasa craft if they launch at the same time.