2025年10月15日
火箭发射烟云笼罩土桑市
影像提供与版权: Wayne Showalter
说明: 是的，但你的日落能这样吗？上个月的某一天，从美国 亚利桑那州的图森，向西望去，夕阳的天空看起来很奇特，当时几分钟前从加州发射的火箭的尾焰短暂地照亮了天空。这次壮观的火箭发射有时看起来像一条巨大的太空鱼，它从加州隆波克附近的范登堡空军基地发射，由于被落日逆光照亮，因此非常引人注目。猎鹰9号火箭成功地将28颗星链通信卫星送入 低地球轨道。第一节火箭的尾焰出现在右侧，而高飞的上节火箭则位于左侧远处尾焰的顶端。如画的前景包括巨人柱仙人掌的枝干、图森的城市灯光以及图森山脉。
明日的图片: open space
Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating APOD website. We sincerely regret this inconvenience.
由于美国联邦政府资金中断，NASA目前暂停更新APOD网站。对此带来的不便，我们深感抱歉。
英文原文:
Explanation: Yes, but can your sunset do this? Looking west from Tucson , Arizona , USA , one day last month, the sunset sky looked strange when it briefly lit up with the plume of a rocket launched from California a few minutes earlier. Appearing at times like a giant space fish , the impressive rocket launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc , California, was so noticeable because it was backlit by the setting Sun. The Falcon 9 rocket successfully delivered to low Earth orbit 28 Starlink communications satellites. The plume from the first stage is seen on the right, while the soaring upper stage rocket is seen at the apex of the plume on the far left. The picturesque foreground includes the arms of saguaro cacti , city lights of Tucson, and the Tucson Mountains.
