National Geographic

Photographer Michael Seeley (@mseeley20) used a single 426-second exposure to capture the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the early hours of October 13. The rocket's exhaust plume caught rays of the rising sun as the landscape below remained in darkness, creating a portrait of humanity’s reach beyond Earth.

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