Elon Musk’s rocket creates spectacular blue spiral after dumping fuel

Space oddity: Exhaust plume from one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets leaves an eerie blue spiral in the night sky over New Zealand

• Fuel dump from one of Elon Musk’s space rockets lit up the sky over New Zealand
• When rocket spun to vent its fuel it caused vapour trail that reflected the sunlight
• Created a spectacular blue swirl over Nelson – a city at the tip of the south island
• The Falcon 9 rocket carrying satellites was the third SpaceX launch in 36 hours

By Sam Tonkin For Mailonline

Published: 04:48 EDT, 21 June 2022 | Updated: 05:21 EDT, 21 June 2022