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Rocket and Missile Launches Are Often Dubbed "UFOs"

But they're actually a lot of fun to photograph if you can plan ahead to set up for them.  Here are photos and video from a NASA rocket launch I caught along the California Coast: 
http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2014/07/04/nasas-oco-2-satellite-launch-yesterday/

If you heard about the "UFO" over California last night, +Philip Plait explains that it was just a Navy Trident missile test:
Naval Missile Test Freaks Out LA
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/11/07/california_mystery_light_trident_missile_test_seen_by_thousands.html

#rocket   #launch   #nightphotography   #california  

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NASA's OCO-2 Satellite Launch Yesterday
The original July 1 launch was delayed 24 hours due to a technical glitch in the water lines for an acoustic suppression system in the launch pad.  The delay to yesterday morning, July 2, enabled +Lori Hibbett and I to pick a new shooting location above the coastal fog.

The video looks best watched on +YouTube in HD resolution, full screen: https://youtu.be/gXnYnzasfxU?t=20s

#NASA   #NASAJPL   #NASASocial   #rocketlaunch   #nightphotography #astrophotography  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B64NJfiZBiY&feature=share&list=PL6012D9822C1BA1E7

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Jeff Sullivan

Jeff Sullivan leads landscape photography workshops in national parks and public lands throughout California and the American West.

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