PULL · 26 SEP 2002

This was
your sky.

Rocket Trail at Sunset

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COSMIC MESSAGE

A Minuteman III rocket leaves a twisting trail in the evening sky after its launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base. This digital telephoto view, captured from Table Mountain Observatory, shows the exhaust plume drifting against the setting sun and rising moon. The image was recorded four days before the autumnal equinox.

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ZODIAC CONTEXT
LIBRA

In tropical astrology, 26 SEP 2002 falls under Libra (♎). The sign's window runs from 09-23 through 10-22. Libra is the only zodiac constellation named for an inanimate object, the scales of judgment. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 26 SEP 2002.

THE ALMANAC FOR 26 SEP 2002
DAY
Thursday
MOON
Waning gibbous, 79% lit
POSITION
Day 269 of 365