I left the vicinity of the Dragoon Mountains/Cochise Stronghold yesterday and by Noon I was finishing setting up at a campsite in the Buenos Aires NWR: National Wildlife Refuge.
Saw this at Arivaca Junction as I got off the I-19 Interstate onto Arivaca Road:
This is another of several camping trips to this area, I like it a lot, not crowded at all and pretty good views at times.
Sunset was a non-event, no clouds you see. However, around 7:30 Pm, I happened to look out the window into the darkness and saw this:
Eye-catching right? I'd seen similar before while in Phoenix, AZ...I figured it was and had it confirmed later by my loving wife, Martha. It was a SpaceX launch from Vanderberg Space Force Base. Cool stuff.
This morning's view of the mountain range crowned by the Baboquivari Peak:
I'll be here a few days, not much planned for today. I'm waiting for the USPS to deliver a letter from an Ebay vendor via General Delivery in Arivaca, AZ's Post Office. I'd stopped by there yesterday enroute to camp, no luck.
6 comments:
What do you call the "vapor trail" from the Space X -launch? Is there another name?
Very cool photo of it.
CCjon, exhaust plume? I read somewhere that it could also be vapor formed by interaction of the rocket fuel chemicals....
Nice photo of the exhaust trail!
Pure luck, RichardM...pixel phone has a mode called Night Sight, add some post-production and there you go.
I would have loved to have seen the vapor trail! Great photo!
Thanks Oz, it's the second launch I've witnessed in such a manner over the last few years. The first time was in Phoenix, had no idea what I was looking at, and didn't get a picture of it apparently.
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