EarthSky News - June 28 - Colorful Clouds from Rocket, Upside Down Rainbows?

June 28 Colorful Clouds from Rocket, Upside Down Rainbows? by:

Expect colorful clouds from rocket launch NASA sounding rocket to form blue-green and red clouds in space Thursday morning. Launch window opens 4:25 a.m. EDT (8:25 UTC; translate to your time zone). Backup launch day is June 30. An upside down rainbow? Circumzenithal arcs have been described as an "upside down rainbow" or "a grin in the sky."  Asgardia's 1st satellite due to launch Asgardia-1 will launch aboard a NASA mission to ISS later this summer. "Asgardians" are invited to send their personal data - a photo or a file of their choosing – to space with it. Southern Cross: A southern sky signpost For our friends in the Southern Hemisphere ... look in your southern sky for the Southern Cross as soon as darkness falls.

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Expect colorful clouds from rocket launch This map shows the projected visibility of the vapor tracers during the rocket launch, now scheduled for the predawn hours on June 29. The vapor tracers may be visible from New York to North Carolina and westward to Charlottesville, Virginia.

Tonight ...Southern Cross For our friends in the Southern Hemisphere ... look in your southern sky for the Southern Cross as soon as darkness falls. Image via Jv Noriega. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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