supersoaker_rocket (IMAGE) University of Alaska Fairbanks Caption A time-lapse photograph captures the Super Soaker launches on Jan. 25-26, 2018. Three rockets launched with the mission, two using vapor tracers to track wind movement and one releasing a water canister to seed a polar mesospheric cloud. The green laser beam visible at the top left is the LIDAR beam used to measure the artificial cloud. Credit Photo by Zayn Roohi courtesy of NASA's Wallops Flight Facility and Poker Flat Research Range Usage Restrictions Credit photographer License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.