Tuesday, 23 June 2026, was cloudy. The sky was still cloudy Wednesday, 24 June, when a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California about 50 minutes after sunset here. Took these iPhone 15 Pro Max photos using the Camera app (in Night Mode). Photos have been slightly cropped. This launch had a very low trajectory as seen from Arizona.

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