At first, I thought it was a jet airliner flying through some clouds.
Then it took on the spiral shape and grew big fast!
I got my wish!
The spiral is actually frozen rocket engine exhaust.
When it catches the sunlight at high altitudes, it glows, and a spiral formation is created.
Salat wasn’t the only one to get a glimpse at the rare event.
The University of Alaska’s Poker Flat Research Range has an all-night camera that also recorded the event.
Transporter is SpaceX’s rideshare mission, and this was its seventh launch.
According toSpaceNews, it was carrying 51 satellites.
The spiral sparked by a SpaceX rocket was also caught on film.
It’s visible in the aurora at around 09:50 UT.
