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Rocketship Over Bombay Beach

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Vandenberg AFB, California on Monday June 16, 2025.

 

It's been a while since I've captured a SpaceX launch. This one is over Bombay Beach.

 

I made this shot look like the rocket took off from Sean Guerrero's ReInCarNation art in the background to the right.

 

Shot with a Canon EOR and Canon RF 15-35mm lens at 10 sec f/6.3 ISO 200.

 

The art installation in the foreground is the Temple of Floating Compression by Glass House Arts.

 

The Temple of Floating Compression went to Burning Man 2023!

 

Previously it was at Arizona's regional burn Saguaro Man, and served as the temple for San Diego's Regional Burn, YOUtopia.

 

The main structure is now permanently installed in Bombay Beach, on the shores of the Salton Sea. Instead of the central tensegrity icosahedron, it features a swing! Lighting by Kevin Key Photography.

 

 

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Uploaded on June 17, 2025
Taken on June 16, 2025