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NASA's Glowing Red Clouds: Stephen Blue
Credit: Stephen Blue
Stargazer Stephen Blue captured this amazing view of glowing red clouds over Chesapeake Bay, as seen from Deltaville, Va., on Jan. 29, 2013. The eerie clouds were created in space by a NASA sounding rocket launched from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
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Red Clouds at Night Seen from Baltimore, MD
Credit: Mike Otto
Sky watcher Mike Otto sent in this photo of glowing red clouds seen from outside Baltimore, MD, on Jan. 29, 2013. The clouds were created in space by a NASA sounding rocket launched from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
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Red Clouds at Night Seen from Baltimore, MD #2
Credit: Mike Otto
Sky watcher Mike Otto sent in this photo of glowing red clouds seen from outside Baltimore, MD, on Jan. 29, 2013. The clouds were created in space by a NASA sounding rocket launched from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
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Water and Space: NASA Sounding Rocket Launch
Credit: Courtesy of Brea Reeves / NASA/Wallops Flight Facility
A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket roars toward space on a mission to create glowing red clouds above Earth on Jan. 29, 2013. The rocket launched from NASA's seaside Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
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NASA's Glowing Red Clouds: Jamie Adkins
Credit: NASA Wallops Flight Facility/Jamie Adkins
NASA photographer Jamie Adkins captures the glowing red clouds created during a sounding rocket launch from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va., on Jan. 29, 2013.
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Ascent: NASA Sounding Rocket Soars Spaceward, Jan. 29, 2013
Credit: NASA Wallops Flight Facility/Terry Zaperach
A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket launches toward space on a mission to create glowing red clouds above Earth on Jan. 29, 2013. The rocket launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
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NASA's Glowing Red Clouds: Chris Bakley
Credit: Chris Bakley
Skywatcher Chris Bakley of Sea Bright, N.J., captured this photo of the red glowing clouds created by NASA during a sounding rocket launch from the Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va., on Jan. 29, 2013.
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Ascent: NASA Sounding Rocket Soars Spaceward, Jan. 29, 2013
Credit: NASA Wallops Flight Facility/Terry Zaperach
A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket streaks toward space on a mission to create glowing red clouds above Earth on Jan. 29, 2013. The rocket launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
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NASA's Glowing Red Clouds by Stephen Blue
Credit: Stephen Blue
Stargazer Stephen Blue captured this amazing view of glowing red clouds over Chesapeake Bay, as seen from Deltaville, Va., on Jan. 29, 2013. The eerie clouds were created in space by a NASA sounding rocket launched from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
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NASA Launches Sounding Rocket: Jan. 29, 2013
Credit: NASA Wallops Flight Facility/Terry Zaperach
A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket launches toward space on a mission to create glowing red clouds above Earth on Jan. 29, 2013. The rocket launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
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Ascent: NASA Sounding Rocket Soars Spaceward, Jan. 29, 2013
Credit: NASA Wallops Flight Facility/Terry Zaperach
A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket streaks toward space to create glowing red clouds above Earth on Jan. 29, 2013. The rocket launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
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NASA Sounding Rocket at Wallops
Credit: NASA/Wallops Flight Facility
NASA scientists work on a sounding rocket slated to launch on Jan. 29, 2013, to create potentially dazzlingly bright red streaks in the night sky over the U.S. East Coast. The mission will launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
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NASA Launches Sounding Rocket: Jan. 29, 2013
Credit: NASA Wallops Flight Facility/Terry Zaperach
A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket launches toward space on a mission to create glowing red clouds above Earth on Jan. 29, 2013. The rocket launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
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NASA Launches Sounding Rocket: Jan. 29, 2013
Credit: NASA Wallops Flight Facility/Terry Zaperach
A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket launches toward space on a mission to create glowing red clouds above Earth on Jan. 29, 2013. The rocket launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.
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NASA Sounding Rocket: Liftoff from Wallops!
Credit: NASA/Wallops Flight Facility
A small NASA rocket launches into suborbital space from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va., in this video still from the Jan. 29, 2013 liftoff. The rocket released red lithium vapor in space to light up the night sky in a technology test.
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NASA Sounding Rocket Set to Launch
Credit: NASA/Wallops Flight Facility
A NASA Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket stands poised to launch from its rail at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Jan. 29, 2013. The rocket was designed to deploy a bright red lithium vapor as a test for future missions.
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NASA Sounding Rocket: Inside Launch Control
Credit: NASA/Wallops Flight Facility
This image shows a look inside the Wallops Flight Facility Launch Control for a sounding rocket launch on Jan. 29, 2013, from Wallops Island, Va.
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Wispy Launch Pad at NASA's Wallops
Credit: NASA/Wallops Flight Facility
Smoke wisps around the launch rail at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia after the successful launch of a sounding rocket that lit up the night sky with red lithium vapor in a technology test on Jan. 29, 2013.
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Visibility Map of Jan. 29, 2013, Sounding Rocket Launch
Credit: NASA
This NASA map shows the visibility range for the planned Jan. 29 launch of a sounding rocket designed to release glowing red vapor trails in the night sky as part of an atmospheric experiment.
