‘Jellyfish cloud’ spotted in sky in Atlanta

You may have noticed something strange moving across the sky if you looked outside early Tuesday morning.

It wasn’t a meteor. It was a “jellyfish cloud” from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch in Florida and it was spotted here in Georgia.

A “jellyfish cloud,” or noctilucent cloud, is visible during rocket launches. Severe Weather Team 2 Chief Meteorologist Brad Nitz says after the launch, the rocket’s exhaust rapidly expands in the very thin upper atmosphere…

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