Falcon 9 rocket lights up the sky over Palm Springs, Southern California

I hope you were outside Sunday night, because that was one hell of a light show.

The lights in the sky a little before 7:30 pm were the result of the Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Reminder to Southern California residents — you might hear a large sonic boom & see unusual sky formations tonight as @SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Launch is scheduled for 7:21 pm PDT https://t.co/rU9OrMuBDn

— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) October 8, 2018

It was pretty incredible. Here was my view of it from Palm Desert.

Here’s how it looked elsewhere:

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Just an average Sunday nite in the skies over Thousand Oaks…. #spacex #falcon9 #reusablerocket #rooftops #thousandoaks #101fwy #success #backtothedodgergame #appreciatetheheadsupthistimeelon #wearenotalone

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Photo I took tonight of the #SpaceX #Falcon9 Rocket Launch from Burbank

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Space X Falcon 9 Mission launch pretty good viewing from Placentia, California clear night?? carrying the Saocom low orbit satellite? just passed Santa Barbara #SpaceX #Falcon9 #Vandenberg #loworbitsatellite #IGetUpdates #Alerts #ILikeSpace

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#spacex #falcon9 #elonmusk

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The Verge has a pretty great post about how and why the rocket was launched that you can check out here.

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