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the twentieth note: NROL-105, viewed from Long Beach

There was a SpaceX launch on January 16 2026 that was visible from Long Beach. I live in Long Beach and watched this launch by accident. Here's how that went.
the twentieth note: NROL-105, viewed from Long Beach
This long exposure image of the launch was taken by SpaceX and is available here. If you want to imagine what I saw, imagine observing all of the points-in-time that, combined, draw out that bright arc individually — and, also, imagine those moments dimmer and from further away.

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