It's not really a shock wave, technically it is the Prandtl–Glauert singularity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prandtl–Glauert_singularity
http://www.andrewgraves.biz/ssc_stuff/images/exCS/Shock.jpg
EDIT: Someone down-mud this comment, no doubt because they think it's meta-discussion, or doesn't add value, or whatever. I don't care. I'm still going to thank people for doing good things.