Under specific conditions, the exhaust gas plume of a rocket can put on an amazing show of light and clouds, like the mission Iridium-4 launched by SpaceX on December 23, 2017 [via KBAK - KBFX, full video: buff.ly/2C5zv7w] [explanation: buff.ly/38aNyFD]
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Views like this must be studied by atmospheric scientists for years to come.
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What is the pointed one? & if it is rocket then what in behind in cloud that oozing out the smoke kind of stuff? I mean two bright things one is at front end and another one?
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It looks really cool but isn't that all essentially wasted energy that the rockets not fully utilizing to create thrust?