Environmental Graffiti

Rocket Trails at Twilight Illuminate the Sky

As if rocket launches weren’t spectacular enough, sometimes viewers are treated to a special light show when rocket trails are illuminated by high altitude sunlight. Called twilight phenomena, while these giant colourful doodles in the sky leave us wondering what their message may be, they've already disappeared.

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Space Launches As You’ve Never Seen Them Before

Oh. My. Golly. What a shot. Taken in 1998, this awesome image shows NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft shooting into the sky above Cape Canaveral. Destination is in sight. The fiery launch tail forms an arch in the foreground, while the moon, near first quarter phase, looks on, some 250,000 miles away. Prepare for blast-off as we explore stunning photos of space launches and wonder what it all means from an environmental point of view.

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