A stunning blue spiral light from a Space

A time-lapse video taken from Croatia at around 4pm EST, or 9pm local time, shows the glowing light swirling across the sky in what many social media commenters likened to a spiral galaxy. The full video runs at normal speed for approximately six minutes.

Many commentators on social media likened the stunning display to a spiral galaxy (Medica Christian/TMX)

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The UK Met Office said it had received numerous reports of a “luminous vortex in the sky” and said it was likely caused by a Space the Elon Musk-The SpaceX-owned company SpaceX was launching a payload on behalf of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the government’s intelligence and surveillance agency.

“This was likely caused by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which was launched earlier today,” the Met Office wrote on X’s website. “The rocket’s frozen exhaust plume appears to swirl in the atmosphere and reflect sunlight, making it appear like a vortex in the sky.”

The glowing light is an example of what some call a “SpaceX vortex.” Space.com website.

A mysterious spiraling blue light likely caused by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lit up the night sky over Europe on Monday. (Medica Christian/TMX)

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SpaceX spirals develop after the Falcon 9 rocket’s upper stage separates from the first stage booster. As the upper stage continues Towards spaceThe lower stage falls, returns to Earth, and gets rid of the rest of its fuel.

The fuel then instantly freezes due to its high altitude and the light then reflects off of it, creating an eerie-looking glow in the sky at the exit.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 14, 2025. (SpaceX/NASA)

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Fox News Digital reached out to SpaceX for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

Monday’s cosmic display came just days after a SpaceX team working with NASA returned two stranded ones Astronauts from space.