Tom Stayer Locust Grove Taken from a V35 Bonanza at 13,500ft
ATLANTA - A glowing, jellyfish-shaped plume drifted across North Georgia and metro Atlanta skies Tuesday morning following a rocket launch from Florida.
What we know:
The display followed a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, scheduled for 6:33 a.m.
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The plume was visible before sunrise as sunlight illuminated rocket exhaust high in the atmosphere.
Viewers across the region captured and submitted numerous pictures of the illuminated phenomenon.
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Jessica wood Cleveland, GA Space X from Cleveland Georgia. Jennifer Sandquist Jefferson, GA SpaceX jelly fish cloud taken from Jefferson, GA Jessica wood Cleveland, GA Space X from Cleveland Georgia. Blake Lumpp Dacula ER Snell job site near Harbins Rd Dianne Dohm Bethleham, GA Travis Howland Statham, GA We thought Armageddon was here :grimacing: Tom Stayer Locust Grove Taken from a V35 Bonanza at 13,500ft April Ruff Ila, GA This was the coolest thing I have ever seen move in the sky! Avery Lumsden Woodstock Amazing view of the jellyfish cloud this morning! Tracey Johnston Monticello Hanna Lawson Greenwood, SC Spaces falcon9 nasa’s launching from Florida to Greenwood sc this is so amazing Debra Barnhart North Myrtle beach Photo of SpaceX launch taken at North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I am visiting a friend. I live in Suwanee, GA. Jane Bongo East Ellijay, Georgia The jellyfish cloud produced by the pre-dawn SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch, which was approximately 500 miles away! Brian Pilcher Gainesville Falcon 9 launch seen from Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport Gainesville GA Justine Watts Acworth My husband saw the spacex launch at his job site this morning! So awesome! As the rocket exhaust expands, water vapor can freeze into ice particles high in the atmosphere.
Sunlight lights up the plume before sunrise or after sunset, creating a broad shape with strands that resemble a jellyfish.
The Source: The information in this story was gathered from viewer photo submissions, as well as SpaceX launch details.