Originally posted by dnbaudio
Originally posted by ngchunter
Notice how much lower than the moon the light gets in the video? The moon could not be that yellow while being that high up unless there were some kind of heavy particulate in the area like smoke. In either case it couldn't be low on the horizon, therefore we can not assume that the light is "outside the atmosphere" just based on the color. As I mentioned before, it's probably that color due to poor white balance in the camera.
We already had a poster mention dust from volcanic activity.
Impossible. This is florida and I can personally vouch for there being no volcanic dust right now, just saying it's the only possible reason aside from white balance.
And, we don't have any points of reference for the "height-above-horizon", so we have to take his word on it,
We have the distance between the point of light and the moon as well as the diameter of the moon itself to establish a minimum height, so I'm sorry but you're quite wrong about that.
that the white balance is normal. I've never had a digital camera swing into a strange color, EVER.
It happens all the time. Am I going to have to break out my camera and demonstrate? I can later if you still want proof. Here's some second hand info for now. Cheaper cameras whose only point of reference is the moon and a black sky often have a hard time figuring out where to automatically set the balance. I used to fight with my old point and shoot camera when doing astrophotography (especially in video mode) until I upgraded.
www.cambridgeincolour.com...
Did you read my above thread? IT'S BRIGHTER THAN THE MOON!!! Nothing does that, really.
Wrong and wrong. It's a point light source as far as the camera is concerned whereas the moon is not. To measure the moon's total brightness you have to account for the entire surface area of the moon spreading out the moon's light. You did not do that. And things like aircraft landing lights can be quite a bit brighter than the moon anyway.
