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By Joe Mario Pedersen
The morning sky over Central Florida was dazzled by the sight of a rocket cutting through darkness shortly before sunrise.
Images of the Boeing's astronaut capsule Starliner quickly splashed across Twitter, with users commenting on the spectacular display of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
It took off at 6:36 a.m. from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's launch complex 41.
Many residents of Central Florida took to social media after the launch, posting images of the otherworldly, tadpole-like shape the rocket's vapor trail left behind.
One Twitter user was able to grab a shot of Starliner as it soared past her plane window.
Atlas V's angelic appearance was due to rays from Friday's sunrise interacting with the water crystals on the rocket and its vapor trail, said Fox 35 meteorologist Jayme King.
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A similar phenomenon took place when the Atlas V rocket blasted from Kennedy Space Center on an August morning.
Spectators could see the rocket trail from as far south as Miami.
However this time around, Boeing's Starliner was photographed and posted on Twitter from several sightseers as far north as South Carolina.
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Some Florida drivers even took pictures of the event while they were driving. (The pictures are inspiring, but using a phone while driving is not.)