A SpaceXFalcon 9 rocket produced an uncommon visible phenomenon within the skies above South Carolina following a launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Friday.

Footage of the fireball streaking throughout the sky was filmed by Argenis Irizarry, who captured a video whereas he was on his strategy to work, driving on the freeway together with his spouse and son early Friday morning.

"It was round 5:50 a.m. after I first seen. To be sincere I used to be a little bit bit scared at first, I did not know what was happening. At first I assumed it was a meteor or some form of celestial physique falling to earth as a result of I may see just like the hint of fireplace on the again," Irizarry instructed Newsweek.

The rocket, which lifted off from the Kennedy Area Heart, at round 5:42 a.m. ET, efficiently carried 53 Starlink web satellites into orbit, with the booster subsequently touchdown safely on a drone ship.

However maybe essentially the most intriguing a part of this launch was the placing atmospheric impact it created within the sky, which is typically known as a "house jellyfish."

This phenomenon happens when daylight displays off a rocket exhaust plume at high-altitude throughout morning or night twilight.

Video of the space jellyfish phenomenon
A screenshot from the video captured by Argenis Irizarry exhibiting a SpaceX rocket above South Carolina producing the "house jellyfish" phenomenon.

Whereas the observer is often standing in darkness, the exhaust plume at high-altitude is being illuminated by daylight coming from over the horizon, which causes it to glow brightly, producing the "house jellyfish" phenomenon—named after its bulbous form.

"Because the launch goes up the exhaust [plume] expands within the gentle a part of the ambiance and the daylight is then mirrored off of a few of that moisture and a number of the different leftovers from the launch," 10 Tampa Bay Meteorologist Grant Gilmore mentioned. "That is creating an unbelievable view."

Social media customers in Florida and different components of the southern United States posted pictures and movies of the phenomenon following the launch.

Relying on the placement of the observer, the form and nature of the phenomenon within the sky can differ considerably.

The impact created by the rocket exhaust plumes in these conditions is just like an atmospheric phenomenon often called noctilucent clouds, which happen naturally however usually a lot larger up.

These clouds type type within the mesosphere—the higher a part of Earth's ambiance—at altitudes of round 50 miles, making them the best clouds within the ambiance.

At these altitudes it's so chilly that the water vapor forming the clouds turns into ice crystals. They turn out to be seen throughout twilight when the solar illuminates them from beneath the horizon, in response to the U.Okay. Met Workplace.