APOD 4.1-Rocket Trails in the Milky Way

On the 27th of March, five rockets were launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virgina. The Anomalous Transport Rocket EXperiment (also known as ATREX) began launching at 4:58 am and launched these rockets at 80 second intervals. The chemical tracer that comes out of the rockets releases white clouds within Earth's ionosphere. These cool clouds were seen along the mid-atlantic region of the U.S. as the clouds drifted across the starry sky. This magnificent photograph was captured in New Jersey and the constellations visible in the background include Sagittarius and Scorpius, but also visible is the Milky Way.