Sunday, September 1, 2013

B-E-A-U-tiful

Rocket launches at sunset or sunrise produce a light show known as twilight phenomena. It forms when unburned fuel particles and water condense, freeze, and then expand across the upper atmosphere, leaving a trail of frozen droplets that diffracts sunlight and produce colourful ribbons in pink, blue, green and orange that can be carried hundreds of kilometres away from the launch site.

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