FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — A sight in the skies over Central California left many people wondering… “What was that?”

It appeared as a towering plume of white smoke, dotted with glowing spots.

That was a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base along the Central Coast.

The rocket was carrying 25 Starlink satellites into lowEarth orbit.

About two and a half minutes after launch, the rocket’s first and second stages separated.

The second stage continued on into space, while the first stage returned to Earth, making a safe landing on a drone ship off the coast of Baja California, Mexico.

SpaceX launches rockets from Vandenberg about once a week, but this one stood out.

Clear skies, combined with a twilight launch just after sunset, meant the rocket was still catching sunlight at higher elevations, making it especially visible across much of the Valley.

Guests:

Dan Sumner, professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis

Don Cameron, vice president and general manager, Terranova Ranch; president, California State Board of Food and Agriculture

Stuart Woolf, president and CEO, Woolf Farming & Processing

Alexis Maxwell, senior equity analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence

While the royal family gathered in Windsor this morning to attend Easter Sunday services, the holiday looked quite different in Montecito, California for Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

On Instagram, Meghan shared videos from their day, including feeding their chickens, gathering eggs, watching Archie and Lilibet race on an Easter egg hunt with their dogs following, Lilibet, in a pink dress, holding a large stuffed bunny toy while wearing bunny ears, and Archie working on decorating eggs. “Happy Easter!” she wrote in the caption . Watch the clips here:

In With Love, Meghan, Meghan spoke about collecting eggs from her chickens. “What’s really cool is with whatever’s going on in life, to be able to do something like this,” Meghan tells the camera about collecting eggs from her chickens. “It’s just fun. It’s fun for kids and for adults. But, if a morning starts like this [snaps], you think about your day differently.”

Harry and Meghan’s Netflix docuseries, Harry & Meghan, offered a sweet glimpse into their Easter traditions in California. In the sixth episode, cameras capture the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, along with Meghan’s mom Doria, as they set up an Easter egg hunt for Archie in April 2021.

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Meghan, pregnant with Lilibet, on Easter 2021.

Harry places an egg underneath a Peter Rabbit character.

The Sussexes setting up an Easter egg hunt for Archie in their backyard.

On ShopMy last year, Meghan shared her Easter essentials, which included children’s clothing picks from J.Crew, Boden, and Petite Plume, among other brands, and Easter hosting items such as children’s toys and home goods. Earlier this week, she was spotted shopping for Easter gifts at a local Montecito shop. “She was there for a while, talking to the staff and making selections,” a source told People at the time.

In addition, last month, her brand As Ever launched a limited-edition “Bloom Box” in collaboration with High Camp Supply, a San Francisco-based luxury florist. The box was meant to ship in time for Easter.

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Emily Burack (she/her) is the Deputy Digital Editor for Town & Country, where she covers entertainment, celebrities, the royals, and a wide range of other topics. Before joining T&C, she was the deputy managing editor at Hey Alma, a Jewish culture site. Follow her @emburack on Instagram, Twitter, and other social media platforms.