SpaceX Falcon 9 over Downtown Los Angeles

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  • čas přidán 6. 10. 2022
  • October 7th 2018, exactly 4 years ago today, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. I captured this timelapse of the launch from City Terasse in Los Angeles. You can clearly see Downtown LA in the foreground!
    I used a 1” interval which means the total duration of the entire launch is about 7 to 8 minutes. You’ve probably seen this timelapse online as it has been shared all over social media for the last 4 years. Even today, the timelapse is still being heavily shared by different space accounts and bring me new followers (if they tag me properly). Sure is the timelapse that changed everything!
    The launch took place about 45min after the sunset which was the perfect time of the day to create what we call a Twiligh Phenomenon. A twilight phenomenon is produced when exhaust particles from missile or rocket propellant left in the vapor trail of a launch vehicle condense, freeze, and then expand in the less dense upper atmosphere. The exhaust plume, which is suspended against a dark sky, is then illuminated by reflective high-altitude sunlight through dispersion, which produces a spectacular, colorful effect when seen at ground level.
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Komentáře • 159

  • @pauljefferies9087
    @pauljefferies9087 Před rokem +1209

    That rocket is amazing. What expansion in a vacuum.

  • @clarencebeeks4978
    @clarencebeeks4978 Před rokem +387

    This is a launch into 'twilight' Just before sunrise or right after
    sunset, the exhaust and gasses reflect the sunlight that is still
    passing overhead.
    The booster makes pulsing effects from the cold gas thrusters.

    • @thepowerwithin3594
      @thepowerwithin3594 Před rokem +9

      Gases and exausted huh. Don’t you think that effect would have been visible within the first 100,000 feet or so? considering it was just past sun down

    • @a.h.ehsani7573
      @a.h.ehsani7573 Před rokem +7

      سلام دوست گرامی در آن سوی کره ی خاکی.
      داداش چی زدی ؟
      مگر نمی بینی چیزی را منفجر وگازی را بر بالای سرمان رها می کنند؟ آیا بیماری است ویا باعث گرما ی شدید ویا سرمای جان کاه ؟ اگر این فیلم ها حقیقی و واقعی باشد حتما باید نگران باشیم.زیرا دانشمندان از آن باخبر هستند واطلاع رسانی نمی کنند.

    • @Sumofallfears
      @Sumofallfears Před rokem +14

      Thank you for explaining

    • @a.h.ehsani7573
      @a.h.ehsani7573 Před rokem +2

      @@Sumofallfears thank you

  • @LegioXIVGemini
    @LegioXIVGemini Před rokem +522

    The people in planes: OH SHI-

  • @HereForLaughsAndLearns
    @HereForLaughsAndLearns Před rokem +498

    Amazing footage. You can see the booster doing a boost-back burn after stage separation

  • @dannyj5822
    @dannyj5822 Před rokem +1426

    Saw this from New Mexico the other night had me convinced we were being invaded 🤣🤣

  • @user-ot1ir2eq7s
    @user-ot1ir2eq7s Před rokem +116

    Amazing what humans can do from the rocket to the filming equipment and the footage

  • @Crunch_dGH
    @Crunch_dGH Před rokem +81

    Oct 7, 2018 F9 VSFB Timelapse. Look for the stage 1 boost back burn at the top right of the “jellyfish”.

  • @zaphodsrealm1549
    @zaphodsrealm1549 Před rokem +183

    that is so cool but would have scared me if I didn't know what it was!

  • @imhmingaf4nai155
    @imhmingaf4nai155 Před rokem +50

    i really want the soundtrack

  • @jordanaguero2847
    @jordanaguero2847 Před rokem +159

    That was visually stunning

  • @edkind202
    @edkind202 Před rokem +9

    Thrusters Full Ahead, Mr. SCOTT!

  • @jesusbernalHobbies
    @jesusbernalHobbies Před rokem +9

    Seeing this was awesome

  • @yvonnetaber1859
    @yvonnetaber1859 Před rokem +12

    That’s beautiful

  • @whatsbefore47
    @whatsbefore47 Před rokem +27

    The stage separation is very colourful 🥰

  • @dickbuffman594
    @dickbuffman594 Před rokem +22

    So badass!!! Never got to see this dawn/dusk phenomenon while I was in FL and could see the launches from my back porch. Smh

  • @SpaceTalk-Aero
    @SpaceTalk-Aero Před rokem +7

    Wow that plume expansion is incredible

  • @jaymarx777
    @jaymarx777 Před rokem +99

    Is it weird that this made me cry

  • @JohnWasTaken23
    @JohnWasTaken23 Před rokem +8

    Wow its look like an nebula bro

  • @MichaelK1206
    @MichaelK1206 Před rokem +31

    Wow incredible 😮

  • @fenurse
    @fenurse Před rokem +142

    You can see it hit the waters! Wow

    • @magnetmountain33
      @magnetmountain33 Před rokem +7

      Yeah that’s the impression they trying to create for sure

    • @magnetmountain33
      @magnetmountain33 Před rokem +13

      They troll us with this shit all the time

    • @fenurse
      @fenurse Před rokem

      @@magnetmountain33 part of their fake alien invasion plan 😾

    • @vernalater
      @vernalater Před rokem +40

      Congrats, you are one of the smart level earthers. It's kinda lonely at times!

    • @AwesomeBlackDude
      @AwesomeBlackDude Před rokem +5

      ​@@vernalater hmm okay.. can you pls explain the astronaut mechanics inner working of a moon space suits climate control system. 😔

  • @OfficialDanielOsama
    @OfficialDanielOsama Před rokem +24

    I saw it in Arizona

  • @Jedisworld1363
    @Jedisworld1363 Před rokem +2

    Amazing!!🤩

  • @luiscarlossaldivarjaquez8167

    todo un espectaculo lo vimos en cuencame durango increible

  • @SingleStepStudios
    @SingleStepStudios Před rokem +24

    Wow you can even see the rocket fairing sections falling in the center of the screen

  • @alouanrachid9333
    @alouanrachid9333 Před rokem +5

    beautiful waw magnifique 🌃😍❤️🚀🚀🚀

  • @trevorquinnell8515
    @trevorquinnell8515 Před rokem +4

    Why does it do these colours and explosion?

  • @birdymeo
    @birdymeo Před rokem +4

    Pas mal du tout..!

  • @elirocha20
    @elirocha20 Před rokem +3

    Uau! Isso é tão incrível!!

  • @lannythelancasterbomber
    @lannythelancasterbomber Před rokem +4

    is this real?!

  • @S3ndIt13
    @S3ndIt13 Před rokem +18

    Why didn't old rocket launches back in the day look like this 🤔 not until space x started launching

    • @teamfury5307
      @teamfury5307 Před rokem +5

      Creo que no es el mismo tipo de propulsión

    • @bobcinda5032
      @bobcinda5032 Před rokem +2

      Yeah not the same type of propulsion

    • @kerbberbphotography8336
      @kerbberbphotography8336 Před rokem +10

      @@bobcinda5032 Actually they did happen but the launches just didnt have the same amount of coverage as they do now. It could also be different scheduling since these effects happen only without 30 minute windows, and starlink just happens to launch within these windows more often? Lol

    • @bobcinda5032
      @bobcinda5032 Před rokem +2

      @@kerbberbphotography8336 because these are for orbital satellites for cox. These times are specific because of that. They really didn't launch any satellites back then

    • @PopCapMusicTrending
      @PopCapMusicTrending Před rokem +2

      @@kerbberbphotography8336 What's the lol for? Do we have to laugh hysterically while reading this?

  • @anthonyarmstrong2091
    @anthonyarmstrong2091 Před rokem +3

    You go leon

  • @ggCA07
    @ggCA07 Před rokem +1

    I remember we saw one jn Norcal and no one knew wat it was😭😭

  • @krzysztofpatek686
    @krzysztofpatek686 Před rokem +4

    Are these colors in the sky real or the shot is enhanced for a better look?

  • @Medellin21
    @Medellin21 Před rokem +1

    Nice throttle

  • @user-sm5kd9zd5y
    @user-sm5kd9zd5y Před rokem +2

    красиво

  • @miself
    @miself Před rokem

    newZealand hawera 8 oct 2022 5am ... video this very same thang...?

  • @kendallwimmer644
    @kendallwimmer644 Před rokem +1

    What?!

  • @rajavishwkarma2620
    @rajavishwkarma2620 Před rokem +4

    Is it real 🤯😮😮❣️

    • @Cl0ud897
      @Cl0ud897 Před rokem +21

      It is! When a rocket launches in the morning, the sun illuminates the plumes left behind and creates this beautiful thing!

    • @rajavishwkarma2620
      @rajavishwkarma2620 Před rokem +8

      @@Cl0ud897 that's damn good 😊

  • @Oreo_Edit95
    @Oreo_Edit95 Před rokem +1

    I thought the world was going to end😂😂

  • @jad.
    @jad. Před rokem +1

    Wtf when was that? And will there be another?

    • @miguellopez3392
      @miguellopez3392 Před rokem +4

      A rocket launch if you do it early in the morning, the sunlight illuminates the gas cloud of the rocket.

  • @alexishernandez6574
    @alexishernandez6574 Před rokem

    Fast forwarded

  • @GrimeyCrunchdog
    @GrimeyCrunchdog Před rokem +18

    Dome

  • @milwaukeechris4603
    @milwaukeechris4603 Před rokem +19

    They may be able to manipulate the weather, but that rocket launch couldn't possibly be a hologram.😂😂

  • @im_a_bigdog7772
    @im_a_bigdog7772 Před rokem +2

    why do they look like this all of a sudden?

    • @jamescharnley2522
      @jamescharnley2522 Před rokem +5

      It's all about timing and location. And in the past there just wasn't enough launches happening for it to be a frequent occurrence.

    • @jozefmak984
      @jozefmak984 Před rokem +1

      Cuz they are not rockets, but awesome new technology called holograms 😂

    • @milwaukeechris4603
      @milwaukeechris4603 Před rokem

      I don't think those are rockets.

    • @smilr_
      @smilr_ Před rokem +2

      It’s just because it launched at the right time of day. Not a lot of launches happen during this time of day because it’s such a narrow window for this “jellyfish effect” to happen. If this rocket had launched earlier in the day or later in the night it would have looked like any other rocket launch. There have been 40+ launches of this same rocket this year and most don’t look like this because they are at different times of day.

    • @thecyanadon
      @thecyanadon Před rokem

      Holograms are not physical.

  • @ellefirogeni4624
    @ellefirogeni4624 Před rokem +2

    WO! What is it? How does it work? Where can we xpecto see such phenomenonext?

    • @miguellopez3392
      @miguellopez3392 Před rokem +4

      It's a rocket launched the morning, the sun illuminates the gas cloud from the rocket.

  • @tomm.1174
    @tomm.1174 Před rokem +27

    I see why Elon calls it Space Sex, what a load that was.....

  • @MrJJoshy08
    @MrJJoshy08 Před rokem +12

    Imagine we can now Live on Mars and this is what you see every summer when a family goes to visit earth

    • @AwesomeBlackDude
      @AwesomeBlackDude Před rokem

      First, we need to stop lying that man ever went to the Moon. Secondly, we need to finger out how to go past the Earth's space barrier of the magnetosphere bow shock.
      And before you reply saying I don't know what I'm talking about please explain how they made an astronaut's inner inside suit design that physically rotates at +250 to - 250 climate control system on the fly.
      None of the astronauts were restricted from turning around while walking on the moon by doing so you turned to hundreds of negative or plus degrees.
      Also going through earth's arc of outer space magnetosphere bow shock layer is like going through molten lava.

  • @benbelden731
    @benbelden731 Před rokem

    😎😎😎👍👍👍👏👏👏👏

  • @vikkystephens4370
    @vikkystephens4370 Před rokem +2

    We see the rocket leave the ground but never get a seen like that from Lompoc (vasb(

  • @Trey4x4
    @Trey4x4 Před rokem +7

    SpaceX Flys over a dumpster fire* fixed it

  • @MikeSvcs
    @MikeSvcs Před rokem +2

    Really? Not video effects?

    • @kerbberbphotography8336
      @kerbberbphotography8336 Před rokem +2

      Yes, its pretty common to see now

    • @N0T_Dem0n
      @N0T_Dem0n Před rokem +2

      Its real i saw the same thing back in 2018

    • @smilr_
      @smilr_ Před rokem +2

      Nope it is called the jellyfish effect and this can happen with any rocket that launches just after sunset or just before sunrise.

    • @AwesomeBlackDude
      @AwesomeBlackDude Před rokem

      ​@@smilr_ hmm okay.. can you pls explain the astronaut mechanics inner working of a moon space suits climate control system. 😔

  • @markromant7849
    @markromant7849 Před rokem +5

    I saw that from Arizona how much dang rocket fuel did elong use

  • @TeslaElonSpaceXFan
    @TeslaElonSpaceXFan Před rokem +1

    WOW.

  • @ATF.California
    @ATF.California Před rokem +1

    Dam way better then my video

  • @HunnidTheTrapper02
    @HunnidTheTrapper02 Před rokem +1

    And to think most people there are well... doing whatever the hell people in LA do.

  • @essialc9907
    @essialc9907 Před rokem

    Is this the real color of this phenomene ?

  • @cubeassassin5374
    @cubeassassin5374 Před rokem +2

    It may have looked cool but if you were inside of a rocket you would’ve died there was a explosion inside of the rocket is that

    • @Cl0ud897
      @Cl0ud897 Před rokem +2

      It didn't explode. In lower pressures of the higher atmosphere the rocket plume expands more and creates this beautiful visual

    • @cubeassassin5374
      @cubeassassin5374 Před rokem +1

      @@Cl0ud897good too know

  • @FockYouMang43
    @FockYouMang43 Před rokem +2

    That's a chakra blowout not a spacecraft

  • @Number6ManUrinates
    @Number6ManUrinates Před rokem

    *At fourteen forty six pacific standard time, twelve different locations across the globe were breached in what appears to have been a coordinated attack by an unknown enemy. This is a textbook military invasion. We are the last offensive force on the west coast. We cannot lose Los Angeles.*

    • @vernalater
      @vernalater Před rokem

      Globe, really? Lol!

    • @Number6ManUrinates
      @Number6ManUrinates Před rokem +3

      @@vernalater what about it? 😴

    • @Cl0ud897
      @Cl0ud897 Před rokem +3

      Nice hearing that from a man named "@Number6ManUrinates"

    • @AwesomeBlackDude
      @AwesomeBlackDude Před rokem

      ​@@Number6ManUrinates No mention of T-Mobile or the airline services shut down? 🤔

  • @Seven-_-Doves
    @Seven-_-Doves Před rokem +15

    Who really believes it's a rocket?

  • @elmocraxed8257
    @elmocraxed8257 Před rokem

    That’s so take

  • @elmocraxed8257
    @elmocraxed8257 Před rokem +6

    Fake

  • @FockYouMang43
    @FockYouMang43 Před rokem +1

    That was a F15

  • @richlo8887
    @richlo8887 Před rokem +1

    This is so fake, saturated and photoshopped. It looked nothing like this in real life!

  • @NewZealandPakeha
    @NewZealandPakeha Před rokem

    Wow

  • @ravenmckinley4185
    @ravenmckinley4185 Před rokem +58

    It hit the dome we are trapped in it never left our atmosphere 😂😂😂

    • @vernalater
      @vernalater Před rokem +7

      Correct!

    • @zhongxina9420
      @zhongxina9420 Před rokem +16

      Even if you are strapped to a rocket heading to space you would still not believe it😂

    • @mrsavagemans
      @mrsavagemans Před rokem +8

      Then how did the rocket not bounce off or explode or get damaged at all?

    • @the_regulator1145
      @the_regulator1145 Před rokem +4

      🤡

    • @ravenmckinley4185
      @ravenmckinley4185 Před rokem +10

      This is why decided not to launch anymore rockets. Too many people are starting to think more. Stanley Kubrick my guardian angel lol

  • @NewZealandPakeha
    @NewZealandPakeha Před rokem +1

    When trump returns I will come to see