Camera captures night sky spiral after SpaceX rocket launch
A camera atop Hawaii’s tallest mountain has captured what looks like a spiral swirling through the night sky
By AUDREY McAVOY
Published - Jan 27, 2023, 07:03 PM ET
Last Updated - Aug 06, 2024, 02:33 AM EDT
HONOLULU (AP) — A camera atop Hawaii’s tallest mountain has captured what looks like a spiral swirling through the night sky.
Researchers believe it was from the launch of a military GPS satellite that lifted off earlier on a SpaceX rocket in Florida.
The images were captured on Jan. 18 by a camera at the summit of Mauna Kea outside the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan's Subaru telescope.
A time-lapse video shows a white orb spreading out and forming a spiral as it moves across the sky. It then fades and disappears.
