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Western Lights?“Sky watchers in southern California and parts of southern Utah saw something extraordinary just before sunset on Thursday: An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile blasted off from Vandenberg AFB (on a routine test flight) and left behind this colorful wind-twisted contrail.Jim Young of JPL’s Table Mountain Observatory snapped this picture of the contrail using a Minolta D-7 digital camera. Photo details: 250 mm telephoto lens; 4 sec exposure; ISO 100; f/4.5.” Source.


Western Lights?

“Sky watchers in southern California and parts of southern Utah saw something extraordinary just before sunset on Thursday: An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile blasted off from Vandenberg AFB (on a routine test flight) and left behind this colorful wind-twisted contrail.

Jim Young of JPL’s Table Mountain Observatory snapped this picture of the contrail using a Minolta D-7 digital camera. Photo details: 250 mm telephoto lens; 4 sec exposure; ISO 100; f/4.5.”

Source.


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