What was in the sky this morning? – Action News Jax

What was in the sky this morning?  Action News Jax

If you were up before the sun Tuesday morning, you may have seen a large glowing plume in the sky. The otherworldly-looking phenomenon, known as a jellyfish cloud, was caused by a rocket launch. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — If you were up before the sun Tuesday morning, you may have seen a large glowing plume in the sky. The otherworldly-looking phenomenon was caused by the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch out of Cape Canaveral. The rocket launched at approximately 6:33 a.m. and illuminated the sky across many areas of Florida and Georgia, creating what is known as a “jellyfish cloud.” Photo of the jellyfish cloud from Whitney Wissinger in Middleburg (Whitney Wissinger) Action News Jax’s First Alert Meteorologist Trevor Gibbs explains that the jellyfish cloud appears when “the exhaust plume from the rocket and its various gases high in the atmosphere are illuminated by the rising sun.” Such phenomena are only visible when launches occur just before sunrise or just after sunset.

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