by Akkana Peck
That was neat! I watched it from a south-facing conference room here at work. It was only a few minutes late, and right where the GIF image on the TAC page predicted it would be. The first stage burnout and second stage ignition were very obvious, and it was fun to watch the different shape of the smoke trail from the second stage (compared to the first) as it burned.
When it hit sunlight, it changed from a small yellowish glow to a big blue haze, looking almost like a bright comet, and stayed that way for quite some time before finally fading out.
Very pretty!