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(Alleged) Photo of the Flight 6 payload bay during reentry (forum.nasaspaceflight.com)
submitted 1 week ago by llamacoffee to c/[email protected]
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Image link from NSF forum.

Originally leaked on X (I think), then posted to the SpaceXLounge subreddit by u/mehelponow

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is that plasma? That looks like...things burning up and turning to plasma....

[โ€“] Chainweasel 7 points 1 week ago

Some of it probably is, most of the bright spots are probably flakes of hot tiles and molten stainless coming inside the bay from holes burnt between the flaps and fuselage (really bright patches on the sides)