SpaceX Falcon 9 launch creates 'space jellyfish' in the sky

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe New York Post reports that a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch over the East Coast created what it calls a space jellyfish in the sky.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe explanation is plain: as the rocket climbs, the temperature drops, and water vapour freezes quickly into ice crystals that trail behind it.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIce crystals. Hank, that is a creature rising above its circumstances, glowing, trailing, finding its shape at altitude.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's frozen water.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFrozen water performing better than most of our segments. Maybe SpaceX should handle the editorial meetings.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt trails behind a rocket, Vera. It doesn't have a plan. It has physics.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPhysics is just a plan nobody has had to explain to a producer.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFair.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd when it faded, it didn't complain once. It just let go and drifted off.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA clean exit with no notice and no complaints. Honestly the most professional departure anyone has ever made from this building.