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photographybyStavros

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Bainbridge Island, Washington, US

New avatar. . taken just before sunset today.11/17/05 Any ideas as to how the heck this happened. would be appreciated!

Nov 17 05 10:37 pm Link

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re- photography

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San Francisco, California, US

could be a combination of lens flare and the seser not being able to handle the extreme overexposure, i.e. "digital noise."

Nov 18 05 12:07 am Link

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Brian Diaz

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Danbury, Connecticut, US

What camera, lens, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, filters, etc. did you use?

Nov 18 05 12:19 am Link

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William Kious

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Delphos, Ohio, US

Looks like a combination of lens flare, glare and an overwhelmed sensor.  Or it's a lightsaber.

Nov 18 05 01:06 pm Link

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area291

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Calabasas, California, US

I say it was a detour...in space and time

Reported By: Ray M. - Norcross Georgia - September 21, 2005
Subject: UFO Sighting - Location: Norcross, Georgia - County Sighting Took Place: Gwinnett - Date: June 1978 - Time: 7 PM - Witnesses: 3 - Object's Shape: Oval - Number of Objects: 1 - Object had lights - Object emitted beams of light - Object hovered - There were high voltage Power Lines in the area - Additional Information: Near Winters Chapel Road, Behind Lockridge Forrest

Nov 18 05 01:12 pm Link

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Digiography

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Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

area291 wrote:
I say it was a detour...in space and time

Reported By: Ray M. - Norcross Georgia - September 21, 2005
Subject: UFO Sighting - Location: Norcross, Georgia - County Sighting Took Place: Gwinnett - Date: June 1978 - Time: 7 PM - Witnesses: 3 - Object's Shape: Oval - Number of Objects: 1 - Object had lights - Object emitted beams of light - Object hovered - There were high voltage Power Lines in the area - Additional Information: Near Winters Chapel Road, Behind Lockridge Forrest

I like this explanation best, much more entertaining than a overwhelmed sensor.

Nov 18 05 01:17 pm Link

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David Nusbaum

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Rochester, Minnesota, US

I've seen this before and it seems to be a digital problem rather than lens flare which affects both film and digital. I'm not an electrical engineer, but the fact that it runs perfectly horizontal (camera is rotated, right?), I would say that the sensor is so overloaded that no data can be read from the entire row of photo diodes.

Nov 18 05 01:18 pm Link