2023-04-18 08:12:51
The phenomenon could be observed for a few minutes after the fuel released by a SpaceX turned into ice
Northern lights lovers were stunned this past Saturday when they observed a beautiful and impressive blue spiral during the aurora borealis in Alaska. The phenomenon occurred after releasing fuel from a ship SpaceX released three hours earlier from California.
According to space physicist Don Hamptona research associate professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, these phenomena occur when fuel is released at high altitudes.
“When they do that at high altitude, that fuel turns to ice. And if it’s in sunlight, when you’re in the dark on the ground, you can see it as kind of a big cloud, and sometimes it’s swirling,” he said. before the viralization of the images.
He has also stated that he has observed similar phenomena three other times, the last time in January, when another spiral was observed on the big island of hawaii following the launch of a military GPS satellite that lifted off on a SpaceX rocket in Florida.
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