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originally posted by: devilhunter69
I recently came across this. I find it bizarre in that it started at a small dot moving across the sky then it turned into a spiral before fading. Officially experts think its connected to a SpaceX launch.
What do you guys think ?
Whirlpool Hawaii
"The spiral seems to be related to the SpaceX company's launch of a new satellite," ... officials from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan wrote in a tweet... The missive also showcased an image of the spiral over their telescope atop Maunakea on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Citizen scientist and satellite tracker Scott Tilley, chiming in (opens in new tab) on the thread, said the position of the spiral was a close match for where the second stage Falcon 9 rocket was expected to be in the minutes after launch. (The first stage returned to Earth on a drone ship at sea.)
Space.com
originally posted by: Skadi_the_Evil_Elf
That's crazy. How do rocket launches create that effect?
originally posted by: wavelength
originally posted by: Skadi_the_Evil_Elf
That's crazy. How do rocket launches create that effect?
It's beautiful isn't it? Spaceweather.com (article here) speculated this happens when the rocket's upper stage spins while venting leftover fuel. The gas is expelled at a higher pressure than the atmosphere and is illuminated by sunlight (even if the sun isn't up).
originally posted by: Creep Thumper
Where did they launch from that it is visible in Hawaii? Seems a stretch.
originally posted by: Skadi_the_Evil_Elf
That's crazy. How do rocket launches create that effect?
originally posted by: Skadi_the_Evil_Elf
That's amazing. And nuts.
originally posted by: Doxanoxa
a reply to: devilhunter69
By the end ofvthis month there should be ariun 12,000 objects in space, the vast majority launched by rocket.
Has this type of event ever been seen before in relation to an identified launch?
originally posted by: purplemer
a reply to: devilhunter69
Look like the norway spiral which was close to a haarp installation in Aset.
the 'spiral' display is the result of a technology-created wormhole (gate-way) made because of the vortex energy generated by passing into the fabric of time-space from the vacuum tunnel
petro-glyphs are full of sky-spirals witnessed during the last cycle of our Suns' mini-nova event
the spirals are thought to signal the presence of Angels or aliens traveling into our dimension