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    A long-exposure night photograph captures a rocket or missile launch, showing a bright luminous trail streaking diagonally upward into a cloudy dark sky. The launch appears to originate from a coastal or airfield facility visible in the lower right portion of the image. Blue runway or perimeter lights are visible in the foreground, suggesting proximity to an airfield or launch facility.

    KAUAI, HAWAII, UNITED STATES

    10.26.2018

    Photo by Mark Wright 

    Missile Defense Agency

    A target missile was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai, Hawaii during Flight Test Standard Missile-45. The USS JOHN FINN (DDG-113) detected and tracked the target missile with its onboard AN/SPY-1 radar using the Aegis Baseline 9.C2 weapon system. Upon acquiring and tracking the target, the ship launched an SM-3 Block IIA guided missile which intercepted the target.

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    Date Taken: 10.26.2018
    Date Posted: 10.26.2018 14:11
    Photo ID: 4848691
    VIRIN: 181026-A-AB123-002
    Resolution: 5568x3712
    Size: 7.48 MB
    Location: KAUAI, HAWAII, US
    Web Views: 665
    Downloads: 90

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    A long-exposure night photograph captures a rocket or missile launch, showing a bright luminous trail streaking diagonally upward into a cloudy dark sky. The launch appears to originate from a coastal or airfield facility visible in the lower right portion of the image. Blue runway or perimeter lights are visible in the foreground, suggesting proximity to an airfield or launch facility.
    A nighttime missile or rocket launch from what appears to be a naval vessel, captured at the moment of ignition. A large column of bright white and golden exhaust plume and smoke billows upward from the ship's deck against a completely dark background. The intense illumination from the propellant exhaust dominates the frame.
    The image captures the moment of a missile launch from what appears to be a naval vessel's Vertical Launch System (VLS). A missile with a dark conical nose cone is visible rising from the launcher amid an intense cloud of white exhaust and combustion gases. The photograph was taken at close range, resulting in significant bokeh from water droplets or debris on the lens.
    This appears to be an astronomical or optical instrument image showing a bright central point source surrounded by diffraction spikes and a glowing halo, consistent with a stellar or laser point source imaged through an optical system. A secondary, smaller bright object is visible below and slightly right of the primary source. The false-color rendering uses a blue-to-yellow heat map scale to represent intensity gradients.

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