ATLAS ROCKET FUEL DUMP???
Once again, I must thank Pete Lardizabal for another amazing nighttime image in the skies over Jax. Last night around 7pm, it appeared right overhead, as a fuzzy snowball object in the sky. It sort of looked like a known comet named Holmes, Pete caught this image of Holmes back in November…
But, Pete was quick with the camera and caught this…
According to Spaceweather.com, it was a fuel dump from an Atlas Rocket. Timing was everything as even thought the sun had already set in Jax (making it dark), it was still light where the fuel was dumped leaving a “cloud” in the upper-atmosphere. To us, it appeared to be a comet.
JG
