Content overview: “SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Creates Stunning 'Space Jellyfish' Over US East Coast”. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch on Tuesday morning, October 13, produced a spectacular 'space jellyfish' phenomenon visible across the US East Coast. The rocket lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7:27 a.m. EDT, carrying a Cargo Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station for NASA's CRS-26 resupply mission.
The pre-dawn timing allowed sunlight to illuminate the rocket's expanding exhaust plume at high altitude, creating a glowing, jellyfish-like apparition that was photographed and shared widely on social media from states including Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and as far north as New Jersey and New York. The 'space jellyfish' effect occurs when a rocket launches shortly before sunrise or after sunset. While the ground is still dark, the sun's rays strike the exhaust gases at high altitude, causing them to glow and form an ethereal, bulbous shape with trailing tentacles of vapor. For the complete material, the listing points back to the source inside the network.