Though difficult to fully appreciate in a video, night-time launches of missiles are usually show stoppers. The white-hot engines are sometimes visible streaking through the sky hundreds of miles away, and it is possible to watch the spent stages tumbling away as well. In the immediate launch area, the black of night turns to day for a few moments as the thunderous roar vibrates your bones. Words are very inadequate to describe the experience of watching, hearing, and feeling the spectacle of a night launch; sheer power and dazzling brilliance reaching toward the stars.