Astrophotographers captured yet another beautiful spiral of light in the sky earlier this month and SpaceX is once again to blame.
With the solar maximum inching closer, astrophotographers are expecting to see more and more auroras in the night sky. However, that isn’t the only light show that photographers are catching photos of recently. In fact, a startling spiral light appeared within the northern lights earlier this month, raising questions that, thankfully, have a very easy answer.
Some people have said they almost look like spiral galaxies, which you can see in the image at the top of the article. Others have captured similar spirals in the past, like this one. https://www.facebook.com/AuroraHunter/posts/759701785711994 As for the nature of the spiral itself, the beautiful display that has now upstaged an aurora happens when a SpaceX rocket’s second stage begins its descent back into Earth’s atmosphere.
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