Nearly a year ago, northern lights hunters spotted a mysterious blue vortex growing larger as it moved across the Alaskan sky. Earlier this week, the light phenomenon occurred again over Norway and Iceland. The same phenomenon also has the same explanation.
A spiral we owe to SpaceX.
On Monday, March 4, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Spaceport in California, USA. The mission was to place 53 small satellites into orbit. The upper level was then outsourced. It emptied itself of its fuel and returned to Earth. The maneuvering is absolutely classic.
A NEW SPACEX MORAL: UPDATE: SpaceX is to blame. On Monday night, a bright blue vortex appeared in the night sky over Lofoten, Norway. Bettina Bygtoft photographed the apparition on March 5 as it sank in the Barents Sea. pic.twitter.com/6kWmZF3N9n
– Betsy Voss Lewis (@BetsyVossLewis) March 6, 2024
But when it flew over the Barents Sea, the steam in the exhaust gases turned into an equal number of ice crystals. It was their encounter with the sunlight that created the amazing, glowing vortex.
Aurora photographer Shang Yang saw the same vortex from Iceland. As strange as they may seem, these snails are a routine byproduct of… #SpaceX Operations. Similar blue swirls have been seen after several Falcon 9 launches, including this time over New Zealand, and another over East Africa. pic.twitter.com/qhzUGLjV9g
— Peter the Great Space Sciences☀️ (@Space_PHD) March 7, 2024
A phenomenon that can be observed in October 2024.
As SpaceX launches increase, this phenomenon also multiplies.
SpaceX's new vortex 🌀
Update: SpaceX is responsible
Bigtoft witnessed the “SpaceX spiral.” About an hour ago (Sunday, March 4 at 22:05 UTC), SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
It carried 53 small satellites to… https://t.co/nAejlMltaX pic.twitter.com/XpxfLvI5aG
– Tex (@Tex369X) March 6, 2024
This has already been observed in New Zealand, East Africa and Hawaii. It could happen again in October. The images could then be even more dramatic, as the northern lights will also be visible, and the meteor shower and Comet Atlas Tsuchenshan could be there as well.
Editorial team: The Future, written by Natalie Mayer.
Cover image: © Shang Yang, Not much
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