SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launch, an spectacular time-lapse of the UFO

Timelapse video of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Vandenberg AFB (air force base) as seen from Yuma, Arizona

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launch. Photograph © Jesse Watson

When SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket out of Vandenberg AFB last friday, causing the witnessing majority of the population to believe they had witnessed an alien spaceship, it was only a matter of time till a video beautifully capturing the entire thing reached the surface.

The photographer Jesse Watson captured the creative video – a spectacular 40-second time-lapse of the rocket penetrating the californian sky. This particular launch was close to his hometown in Yuma, Arizona, roughly 400 miles away but perfectly viewable for people in Arizona.

I've been following the SpaceX launches online for some time now and have been in awe of the footage I’ve seen. I found out about this specific launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base a few days prior to the event. I wanted to capture this amazing spectacle in a fashion that I haven’t seen previously, as most of what I have seen is cell phones video or news reels.

I was a little off target on my initial shot, but thanks to the high resolution aspect of shooting time-lapse on the Nikon D810 and wide angle lens, I was able to crop into the 6K time-lapse sequence and salvage the framing. I wrapped up a few minutes after the glowing contrail faded. I ended up shooting 2452 images and culled that down to 1315 images for the final project edited in Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro.

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