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Community photo entitled Noctilucent Cloud from Rocket Launch by Dennis Pacheco on 07/03/2024 at Siesta Key, FL

Noctilucent Cloud from Rocket Launch

On 07/03/2024 05:35 am by Dennis Pacheco| Siesta Key, FL

Photo was taken from our south dock, which overlooks Little Sarasota Bay lying to the East. The noctilucent cloud was the result of a SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral around 4:45am today. The vapor trail from the Falcon 9 booster is being illuminated by the sun, which hasn't yet broken the horizon. Also visible in the photo are:
- The waning crescent Moon
- Jupiter (to the immediate right of the Moon)
- Pleiades (the star cluster in the upper right of the photo)
- Capella (a 1st-magnitude star just above the swirling cloud)

iPhone 15 Pro Max

Small amount of cropping. No other post-processing. Original photo is available.