r/BeAmazed • u/devonshire_stork • 22h ago

Science Photo taken after the rocket launch this morning. What causes this? It's beautiful.

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u/RedaNassef 22h ago

That's a "space jellyfish" effect. Sunlight reflecting off the high-altitude rocket exhaust plume before the sun has risen on the ground

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u/J-BangBang 9h ago

From where I was, the sunlight from the not yet risen sun (idk if there’s a term for that) was reflecting in the direction of my office. Looked like a dim spotlight shining from the sky.

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u/quimpie 22h ago

It's called jellyfish effect or space jellyfish

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_jellyfish?wprov=sfla1

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u/drory4675 16h ago

This morning in St. Augustine Beach

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u/Illustrious_Ad4691 11h ago

Looks like a hungover dude with a lampshade on his head riding on the back of… a sperm?

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u/T-homas-paine 10h ago

Majestic.

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u/Odiedad 10h ago

Stage separation … maybe hot staging?

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u/BertMacklenF8I 15h ago

Abscence of air pressure+Crystalized Condensation+Sun Geometry=PRETTY

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u/phdpessimist 21h ago

Was surprised by it this morning. Pretty cool.

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u/PinkySavTease 21h ago

Stunning rocket twilight phenomenon.

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u/BoogerSmoke 22h ago

It’s the alpha chemtrail!

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_REPO 15h ago

Contrail.

A chemtrail is a conspiracy theory where people think the government is spraying chemicals to control the weather or sterilize us or whatevet. Contrails are a real thing when hot wet engine exhaust hits cold atmospheric dust and condenses into water droplets, becoming basically a cloud.

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u/BoogerSmoke 7h ago

That’s the joke

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_REPO 7h ago

I was hoping so, but I've known too many people who unironically believe in chemtrails, so I am always afraid of going along with the joke and inadvertently strengthening someone's delusion.

Sorry for the lack of haha.

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u/Enlightened187 17h ago

Hitting the firmament

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u/Unique-Princess-1026 21h ago

This is absolutely beautiful 😍

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u/Dazzling-Opinion-552 21h ago

Rocket launch at Cape Canaveral 

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u/SwvellyBents 20h ago

That's where the alien invaders exit the wormhole.

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u/Half4sleep 12h ago

Never seen this before. Thank you for sharing. I thought it was a galaxy at first.

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u/Nordeast24 11h ago

How come everyone sees this cook shit except me?? I was up this morning. Shit, I'm still waiting to see Starlink

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u/Mystic1989 11h ago

Jettrails

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u/flightwatcher45 8h ago

Lower pressure up there and the exhaust just goes with the wind. Sun lights it up due to its height while the earths surface is dark.

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u/LukeyLeukocyte 8h ago

Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and refracted the light from Venus.

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u/DefendYourClaim 22h ago

Firmament.

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u/Monkey_Wrench92 22h ago

Evidence?

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u/V0lirus 22h ago

That's pretty bold of you, to ask u/DefendYourClaim to provide evidence for their claim. How dare you!

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u/genetichazzard 20h ago

Google rocket launches. Your answers will be there

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u/WolverineAny3219 20h ago

It’s from all the pollution coming out the back of the rocket.

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u/sublevelstreetpusher 10h ago

Beautiful? Wtf are you on? That's more money than you know what to do with being spread across the sky to be used against you.

Where do you get off with all this nonsense?