Earlier this week SpaceX's Starship prototype SN8 exploded after a high-altitude test flight.

While there has been some good official footage of the landing that's been released already, these people were in the perfect position to capture it from a distance:

It looks so weird when it's coming down slowly. Almost fake, like something out of a sci-fi movie.

Here's a close up of the landing and explosion posted by SpaceX:

Elon was undeterred by the setback.

Wild times we're living in.