A ghostly blue spiral spotted in the sky over Hawaii could be related to a SpaceX satellite launch.
, just after SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a large military satellite for the US Space Force.
Ichi Tanaka, a researcher with the Subaru Telescope, was busy doing other work that night and didn't notice the otherworldly shape forming in the telescope's view, he told"When I opened Slack, that is what I saw and it was a jaw-dropping event for me," Tanaka toldframeborder="0″ allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share"...
On Twitter, the observatory shared an image of the cosmic whirlpool and posted a video of the spiral formation flying over the Mauna Kea volcano, then dissipating. "The Subaru-Asahi Star Camera captured a mysterious flying spiral over Maunakea, Hawai`i," the Subaru Telescope said on Twitter on January 19."The spiral seems to be related to the SpaceX company's launch of a new satellite."
On Jan 18, 2023 , the Subaru-Asahi Star Camera captured a mysterious flying spiral over Maunakea, Hawai`i. The spiral seems to be related to the SpaceX company's launch of a new satellite.
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