SpaceX launch creates 'jellyfish' sky glow across DMV early Tuesday

SpaceX launched a rocket from Florida early Tuesday morning. Because the rocket lifted off before sunrise on the east coast, sunlight illuminated its exhaust plume high in the atmosphere, creating a bright glowing phenomenon that people across the Washington, D.C. region could see in the pre-dawn sky. The effect resembled a jellyfish shape, which is why observers and media outlets referred to it as a "space jellyfish.