Lightning Photo Beam or Camera Fail? What do you think?

a reply to: donlashway

Either real or photoshopped. The bar of light is visible being reflected from the VW in front and the hood of the photo car.

It looks like a perfectly shaped light the cars reflecting the light can be seen.

But how can a light be so perfectly shaped?
There is loads of people anyone else catched this light or was it only this guy somehow.

Found a good simple explanationhttps:// www.metabunk.org/solved-strange-beam-of-light-over-mayan-temple-and-florida-lightning-rolling-shutter-artifact.t3244/: a reply to: sirric

Solved for me: Rolling Shutter effect...
Thanks for the help all!

I did try to get information from the woman that took it, to see what she saw.
But found expanation first.
Thanks.
a reply to: dimicgs

Looks lile it gets thinner in the middle of the clouds

Edit. Direct link to pic
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a reply to: donlashway

If that's the case, I'm not sure why it's being reflected on cars, and going behind the clouds instead of in front.

originally posted by: _BoneZ_
a reply to: donlashway

Judging by the sun's position, It looks like a sun ray shining through a very small opening in the clouds. It doesn't appear fake as the "ray" can be seen in the reflection on both cars.

Yes it can be seen in reflections, in fact you can also see what appears to a reflection of a branch of lightning on the bonnet at the foot of the pillar, that corresponds to what you can see looking directly at the foot of the pillar. The only thing about the sun though is that it seems to be behind the camera, it too is being reflected by the VW badge.

Explanationa reply to: _BoneZ_


This works for me.
Thanks everyone.

a reply to: iskander683

not a building a reflection of the vent inside below the windshield

a reply to: donlashway

I agree solved

a reply to: donlashway

I thought this too, though I didn't have an explanation for it. The car hood is sloped, so any reflection would be somewhat distorted in relation to the source object. Pretty obviously not real to anyone who has ever seen a curved reflective surface.
The explanation is pretty cool though. You might also notice that the cars ahead of the one with the "beam" being reflected on the hood are only reflecting the lightning bolt, not the "beam." So, rolling shutter effect + photo shop?