{"id":177846,"date":"2026-03-04T14:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T14:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/177846\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T14:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T14:34:12","slug":"space-jellyfish-illuminates-florida-sky-after-rocket-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/177846\/","title":{"rendered":"Space &#8216;jellyfish&#8217; illuminates Florida sky after rocket launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOTOS: Dazzling &#8216;space jellyfish&#8217; illuminates Florida sky after rocket launch<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTHE NEXT LAUNCH FROM THE SPACE COAST IS HAPPENING ON MONDAY, AND I WANT YOU THIS MORNING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS IMAGE OF WHAT IT\u2019S CALLED A JELLYFISH, NOT IN THE WATER, BUT IN THE AIR. THIS MORNING. METEOROLOGIST ERIC BURRIS HERE NOW. WHAT EXACTLY DOES THIS MEAN? A JELLYFISH? IT LOOKS LIKE A JELLYFISH, RIGHT? SO IS THAT WHY THIS IS ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS? OKAY, SO ESSENTIALLY, THINK ABOUT IT. WE\u2019RE RIGHT AROUND SUNRISE. BUT AS THE ROCKET GETS HIGHER IN THE SKY, THE EARTH\u2019S NOT BLOCKING THE SUN. SO WE\u2019RE GETTING IT LIT. SO WHILE WE\u2019RE STILL IN THE DARK DOWN HERE, AS THE ROCKET GETS HIGHER, IT\u2019S CATCHING THE SUNLIGHT. OKAY, ANOTHER PROOF THAT THE EARTH IS NOT FLAT. THAT\u2019S SO COOL. BUT IT\u2019S CATCHING IT.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>PHOTOS: Dazzling &#8216;space jellyfish&#8217; illuminates Florida sky after rocket launch<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768911270_880_wesh.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WESH logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 9:21 AM EST Mar 4, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAs a Falcon 9 rocket launched Wednesday from Florida\u2019s Space Coast, it created a \u2018space jellyfish\u2019 effect that illuminated the morning sky. What is a space jellyfish?A space jellyfish forms when a rocket launches near sunrise or sunset and sunlight lights up the exhaust high in the sky. Photos\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tCentral Florida \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>As a Falcon 9 rocket launched Wednesday from Florida\u2019s Space Coast, it created a \u2018space jellyfish\u2019 effect that illuminated the morning sky. <\/p>\n<p>What is a space jellyfish?<\/p>\n<p>A space jellyfish forms when a rocket launches near sunrise or sunset and sunlight lights up the exhaust high in the sky. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from Facebook.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p>Photos<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"space jellyfish | march 4, 2026\" title=\"Space jellyfish | March 4, 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/media-2-69a838993a528.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"space jellyfish | march 4, 2026\" title=\"Space jellyfish | March 4, 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/media-4-69a8389937f69.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"space jellyfish | march 4, 2026\" title=\"Space jellyfish | March 4, 2026\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/media-1-69a8389926009.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"jellyfish forms after rocket launch\" title=\"Jellyfish forms after rocket launch\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/647540855-1505761701266718-7019249613903807608-n-69a83f8fb42d6.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"jellyfish forms after rocket launch\" title=\"Jellyfish forms after rocket launch\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/644510785-916405824585021-6800684424330587753-n-69a83fbaf0ed4.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Dazzling &#8216;space jellyfish&#8217; illuminates Florida sky after rocket launch THE NEXT LAUNCH FROM THE SPACE COAST IS&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4422,84124,38773,28,30,29,84121,84122,84123,3323,6498,1769,312,48777,45058,1614,2486],"class_list":{"0":"post-177846","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-effect","9":"tag-exhaust-high","10":"tag-falcon","11":"tag-florida","12":"tag-florida-headlines","13":"tag-florida-news","14":"tag-florida-sky","15":"tag-jellyfish","16":"tag-morning-sky","17":"tag-photo","18":"tag-rocket-launch","19":"tag-space","20":"tag-space-coast","21":"tag-sunlight","22":"tag-sunrise","23":"tag-sunset","24":"tag-wednesday"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}