A giant glowing "medusa" appeared in the night sky over the Republic of Komi after the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle launched from the Plastek Cosmodrome.
Recently, such "jellyfish" are seen more and more often due to the increase in the number of launches into space. The whole secret is in the lighting: if a rocket is launched shortly after sunset or before dawn, it is still dark on the surface of the earth, and the exhaust gases at an altitude of hundreds of kilometers are illuminated by the sun's rays. As a result, due to the illumination "from above", the trace from a rocket launch looks like a huge glowing cloud with "tentacles", reminiscent of a jellyfish.
Forbes publishes a selection of photos of an unusual phenomenon from social networks.
Photo: Typical Tyumen / VK; social networks.