This Photo of the Week begs the Stones line 'In fact it's a gas'

Liftoff after liftoff, there's still always something new and wonderful about launch days on the Space Coast.

For those whose job it is to document those days, and nights, and early mornings, too, landing a photo which stands out can be a challenge.

FLORIDA TODAY photographer Craig Bailey has shot countless (and that's just this year!) launches over several decades.

But in this artsy, cool Photo of the Week, snagged after the Nov. 2 launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, he captures an effect that’s not always this pretty — or seen at all.

The photo may run rings around other shots some of us get, like those blurry dots taken with an iPhone, but it's easily explainable, Bailey said.

To lift a line from the Rolling Stones: In fact, it’s a gas. Or, more spe