Amazing Fairing
SpaceX just released this stunning video from the recovered fairing during its controlled reentry. Looking back into the ionized air from the reentry, probably the fastest reentry of a fairing to date.
The colors are likely not truly representative, the purple color is typical of the engineering cameras used by SpaceX which don’t have near IR filtered out.
I’m sure there’s some editing going on given the duration, I would not be surprised if the parachute deployment system was covered by ITAR or simply a company secret.
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any idea how fast the timelaps was? Surely they cut out some parts also
Absolutely beautiful. Amazing how small the payload was, it's a pity resizing the fairing isn't as easy as KSP ;)
The ring is the reflection of the camera in the glass window of the camera housing.
How about that the two purplish rings that began to form near 0:40, with the inner one 'solidifiying' shortly afterwards? I am a photographer & can't imagine how such effect can be achieved considering the relative shape of the fairing vs rest of frame and the plasma jets. Looks like constructive interference that overloaded and/or damaged the sensor, but why in the shape of a precise circle? Anyway: booking this in the library of things humankind has witnessed for the first time (two rockets landing side by side on their own; a car flying through space with the Earth on background...) thanks to a private company...