Early risers and morning commuters across Lakeland and Central Florida were treated to a breathtaking celestial spectacle early Tuesday morning when a predawn SpaceX launch painted a glowing “space jellyfish” across the sky.
The Details Behind the Launch
- The Mission: The display followed the successful liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the CRS-35 resupply mission to the International Space Station.
- Time & Location: The rocket blasted off at 6:33 a.m. from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- The “Jellyfish” Effect: This striking visual phenomenon occurs uniquely during predawn or twilight launches. While observers on the ground are still shrouded in the darkness of pre-dawn, a rocket climbing high into the atmosphere enters direct sunlight. When the sun’s rays hit the expanding plume of high-altitude exhaust gases and rocket vapor, it illuminates the trail into a vibrant, glowing, multi-colored cloud shaped remarkably like a jellyfish.
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