A Minotaur IV rocket launching from Vandenberg AFB with a military space surveillance satellite payload.
If you look about half way up the arc, you will see where stage 2 fired and took over.
Interesting to note that the flame color in stage 2 is different from the flame color of stage 1.
Taken at 09:39pm September 25, 2010 from the Refugio Rd. Lookout A [map]
tags: 5d mkii all long exposure santa barbara sky VAFB Launch
Taken: 09:39pm September 25, 2010