People were buzzing Friday morning about a mysterious light across the early morning California sky.
It turned out not to be a mystery at all but a SpaceX rocket launch from Vanderberg Space Force base near Santa Barbara.
Time lapse video of the rocket shows it making its way up through Earth’s atmosphere. SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket to deliver 23 Starlink satellites, the company said.
Several people around the Bay Area reported seeing the glow. The cloud-like formations seen in the video are exhaust trails containing water vapor and tiny ice particles.
That ice then reflects sunlight and creates a glow that many reported seeing Friday morning.