Early morning SpaceX launch generates rare cloud formation over Florida

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SpaceX successfully launched another rocket in Cape Canaveral early Friday morning, and it left behind an unusual sight that had some Floridians talking. 

The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 5:12 a.m. on Friday, sending 23 new Starlink satellites into orbit. 

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What the rocket left behind in the sky, though, had some Floridians wondering what was up. 

The rare cloud formation is known as noctilucent clouds, which are wavy, thin, bluish-white clouds that are best seen at twilight in polar latitudes, according to the National Weather Service. 

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These clouds form at much higher altitudes than typical clouds and reach temperatures colder than -180 degrees Fahrenheit. 

Similar clouds have formed after Florida rocket launches in the past. 

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