Did you see a glowing purple spiral in the night sky?
A glowing, swirling spiral of blue and purple was seen across the UK and also in parts of Europe on Monday night. But what was it? The cloud-like shape appeared for several minutes before disappearing, and experts think it was caused by leftover fuel from a rocket launch in the United States.
Erm, did you see that glowing blue spiral in the sky last night? Here’s what caused it
On Twitter, the Met Office explained: “This is likely to be caused by the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched earlier today. The rocket’s frozen exhaust plume appears to be spinning in the atmosphere and reflecting the sunlight, causing it to appear as a spiral in the sky.”
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