  We discuss the importance of multi-ring images in the optical appearance of a
horizonless spherically symmetric compact object, when illuminated by an
optically thin accretion disk. Such an object corresponds to a sub-case of an
analytically tractable extension of the Kerr solution dubbed as the {\it eye of
the storm} by Simpson and Visser in [JCAP \textbf{03} (2022) 011], which merits
in removing curvature singularities via an asymptotically Minkowski core, while
harbouring both a critical curve and an infinite potential barrier at the
center for null geodesics. This multi-ring structure is induced by light rays
winding several times around the object, and whose luminosity is significantly
boosted as compared to the Schwarzschild solution by the modified shape of the
potential. Using three toy-profiles for the emission of an infinitely thin
disk, truncated at its inner edge (taking its maximum value there) and having
different decays with the distance, we discuss the image created by up to eight
rings superimposed on top of the direct emission of the disk as its edge is
moved closer to the center of the object. Our results point out to the
existence of multi-ring images with a non-negligible luminosity in shadow
observations when one allows for the existence of other compact objects in the
cosmic zoo beyond the Schwarzschild solution. Such multi-ring images could be
detectable within the future projects on very-long baseline interferometry.
