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Those eerie lights in the Bay Area s night sky are back. But there s a non-spooky reason why.
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A mysterious string of lights appeared Thursday in the predawn sky over the greater Bay Area. Twitter user @JustTeresa02 captured a photo.Twitter: @JustTeresa02
Fear not, locals. The Bay Area isn t experiencing a close encounter of the third kind.
If you ve looked up at the night or dawn sky lately and spotted a neat line of bright lights, those aren t UFOs. They re very well identified flying objects.
Musk s company SpaceX launched the Starlink satellites on May 4 yes, Star Wars Day from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center. The Falcon 9 booster lofted 60 Starlink satellites into the atmosphere. The most recent sighting in the Bay Area was on Saturday:
Why you may see strange bright lights in the San Francisco Bay Area sky tonight
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A mysterious string of lights appeared Thursday in the predawn sky over the greater Bay Area. Twitter user @JustTeresa02 captured a photo.Twitter: @JustTeresa02
You may have spotted a mysterious string of lights, lined up in a row and moving like a train, across the nighttime sky Thursday.
Elon Musk is responsible for the show in the sky and tonight there will be a repeat performance that s even brighter.
Musk s company SpaceX launched the Starlink satellites on May 4 yes, Star Wars Day from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center. The Falcon 9 booster lofted 60 Starlink satellites into the atmosphere.
There s still time to catch the Lyrid meteor shower in SF Bay Area
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FILE - The Lyrid meteor shower in the night sky over the Anza-Borrego Desert in CaliforniaKevin Key / Slworking/Getty Images
The annual Lyrid meteor shower may have peaked last night, but there s still time to catch the show through April 25.
In the Bay Area, you re unlikely to see the blazing fireballs streaking across the sky at the coast and in San Francisco with fog in the overnight forecast, but you may see them overhead from inland areas. The best chance for clear skies tonight will be inland away from the coast and down the bay shoreline, said Roger Gass, a forecaster with the National Weather Service s office in Monterey. Places like Hayward and near the San Francisco airport and down through San Jose and up and around Oakland, these locations will have a better chance.
Anne Schrager April 16, 2021
Earth Day, the worldwide day of environmental activism held annually since 1970, returns on Thursday, April 22. April 17-25 is also National Park Week, which features special programs, events and digital experiences focused on the natural world. Celebrate this year’s official Earth Day theme, “Together, We Can Restore Our Earth,” and activate change for good with many in-person options in the Bay Area, as well as virtual offerings for all.
San Francisco has planned a second year of celebrating the holiday virtually with a robust lineup of dynamic speakers, live music, “artivism” and a sustainable chef’s zone. The city of Oakland has made an online hub to find local community actions for residents to participate in on their website. The East Bay Regional Parks and the city of Napa are offering online programming as well, featuring webinars and local cleanup volunteer opportunities. Some cities, including Colma and Santa Rosa, pl