Starship Asterisk*

Sorry, try this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsDEfu8s ... r_embedded#

Here's a great video of the launch.... you HAVE to check this out:
Note the speed... and note that the sky continues to ripple in a circular pattern, AFTER the rocket has passed....

I think these visible white rings are "rings of eddies" As the bow shock of the missile passes through levels of relatively different pressure/humidity, these eddy rings form as a result. As a snowball gains substance by rolling down a hill, this mass of air pushed along by the rocket gain...