Blue spiral appears amid northern lights in Alaska after SpaceX rocket releases fuel
by Associated Press from Science | The Guardian on (#6AX30)
The appearance of the swirl was shared online after it was caught in time-lapse on the Geophysical Institute's all-sky camera
Northern lights enthusiasts got a surprise as they watched the Alaska skies early on Saturday, when a light blue spiral resembling a galaxy appeared amid the aurora for a few minutes.
The cause of the spiral was excess fuel that had been released from a SpaceX rocket that launched from California about three hours before it appeared.
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