A photographer out shooting the northern lights this weekend got seriously lucky.
Apr 17, 2023A photographer out capturing the aurora lights over Alaska on Saturday night was dumbfounded when a giant blue spiral appeared above him.says that while shooting, he spotted a “real bright light” coming from the northern horizon over the Delta Junction in Alaska.. “I started taking pictures of it and as it came closer, the spiral shape became more and more prominent.”Salat says the object began growing in size and was upon him in minutes.
SpaceX rockets are designed to land back on Earth but the second stage of the Falcon 9 does not parachute down to the ground. Instead, it burns up in the atmosphere but before doing so it vents its unused fuel which will often take the form of a stunning spiral. “I believe the unique shape is from excess fuel it had jettisoned, causing it to spiral, so it could deorbit and eventually splash down in the Pacific Ocean.
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