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Originally Posted by micjer
Another link. I have to admit it kinda looks like it is projected from the ground.
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Yes indeed. It is a projectile. In one of the first videos that I saw on this the camera pans back to the right and shows some lights, perhaps illuminated smoke, on the ground or sea (its hard to tell). The spiralling "blue" trail of smoke is what people are calling a beam for some reason. It is the exhaust trail of the object as it spirals upward from the ground or most likely ocean launch point. The 3D simulation that someone did illustrates this perfectly. The still photos of the thing are just breathtaking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx8i5EfmYU4