But if it’s taken on just the right cone shape, it’ll plummet straight to the ground. ... formed a V with an angle of about 90 to 100 degrees.

The shot, from a rare daylight Starlink launch, shows a vapor cone forming around a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket after it lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Start the day smarter.

How and why that vapor cone happens is likely a mystery to many. Not for Bailey, who's compiled a motherlode of launch shots and can explain what's behind the formation.