SpaceX to land rocket at Vandenberg

Launching at Vandenberg (near Lompoc) tonite at 7:22, landing back 1/4 mile away about 7 minutes later.
There's nowhere off base (unless you have a boat) where you can see the rocket on the ground. This is about as close as you can get, about 4 miles from the launch site:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/A...ddfb26b3c1edfc!8m2!3d34.6705013!4d-120.560878
There's a hill that blocks a couple hundred feet, a few seconds.
Should be visible across SoCal, if it's not cloudy, similar to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBr8MRLcR6U

 

tried to watch the last one in July from Lompoc, I was in town for work. It was at 4:40Am or something like that and we couldn't see anything due to the very thick marine layer. Such a bummer!

 

This is really cool! Thx for sharing!

 

Was stationed at Vandenberg 1997-2001. Front row seat to launches. Good times

 

I was out fishing and happened to look up at the right time.



That's the second stage on the left, and the first stage swerving back to Vandenberg on the right.

 

I took this picture from my backyard. On my way back home after my evening run. Didn’t know what it was until my son googled it...