Why do you say it’s fake? It’s been pretty well substantiated as a real phenomenon — whatever it is.
Like globull warming?
People are saying it’s fake because it’s too perfect. A perfect spiral of that magnitude and scale would have to be how many miles high, especially in order to reflect sunlight over the curvature of the earth? Storm clouds here that are “luminescent” at or after sunset are 60,000 feet or so.
Also, at that altitude, the perfect spiral would likely never form, let alone hold that form. High winds would distort it in very short order.
Whatever it is, has a terrestrial source. It certainly looks projected, as some have noted. I’m not buying the explanation of an exploding rocket, with fuel particles reflecting sunlight. What exploded, if not the fuel itself?
It’s something else. What, I have no idea. But, it appears to be coming from the light on the ground, just to the other side of the mountain in the photo posted. What’s there?
Calling Scully and Mulder... :-)