加利福尼亞上空的 SpaceX 火箭發射羽流
SpaceX Rocket Launch Plume over California

來源:Martin LaMontagne|發表日期:2025-02-17
天空怎麼了?上週一,美國太空探索技術公司(SpaceX)發射火箭時產生的煙羽在加利福尼亞州南部和亞利桑那州部分地區上空形成了壯觀的景象。 從加利福尼亞州隆波克附近的范登堡空軍基地發射的火箭有時看起來就像一條巨大的太空魚,令人印象深刻。獵鷹 9 號 "火箭成功地將 23 顆 "星鏈 "通訊衛星送入低地球軌道。 第一級火箭產生的羽流位於右側,而翱翔的末級火箭則位於羽流的頂點,朝向左側。金星出現在畫面頂部,而最右邊則是一盞明亮的路燈。 這張特寫圖片是日落後在亞利桑那州鳳凰城附近向西拍攝的。
原文:What's happened to the sky? Last Monday, the photogenic launch plume from a SpaceX rocket launch created quite a spectacle over parts of southern California and Arizona. Looking at times like a giant space fish, the impressive rocket launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, California, was so bright because it was backlit by the setting Sun. The Falcon 9 rocket successfully delivered to low Earth orbit 23 Starlink communications satellites. The plume from the first stage is seen on the right, while the soaring upper stage rocket is seen at the apex of the plume toward the left. Venus appears at the top of the frame, while a bright streetlight shines on the far right. The featured image was captured toward the west after sunset from near Phoenix, Arizona.
※ 本文由萌芽機器人自動轉貼自每日一天文圖(Astronomy Picture of the Day,APOD),原文為英文,正體中文是透過 DeepL 翻譯及 OpenCC 進行自動處理,內容僅供參考,若有任何錯誤之處還請見諒!
關於每日一天文圖:每日一天文圖網站是美國國家航空暨太空總署與密西根理工大學提供的服務,網站每天提供一張影像或圖片,並由天文學家撰寫扼要說明其特別之處。