Mysterious object visible on Cape Town webcam right now

Link to webcam:

www.capetownwebcam.com...

Bug on Camera.

Fox, what time is it in MA? I'm in the same time zone and it's 1:20 PM. Why is the sun so low in this picture?

EDIT: Nevermind, I just realized my mistake. I read too fast and thought this was Cape Cod in MA. Doh! Sorry Fox.

[edit on 13-10-2008 by mkross1983]

Originally posted by Spooky Fox Mulder

Link to webcam:

www.capetownwebcam.com...

What ,you mean the sun?

Looks like a spot of dirt to me.. It just don't fit in with the color of the rest of the pic. Sorry..

omg, it's a giant alien space craft! run for ur lives!

reply to post by Spooky Fox Mulder


We call it SUN here on Earth: see these examples of CCD Saturation and Blooming (AKA blooding).








Here you can find an article regarding these three images, while here there's an article about CCD Saturation and Blooming.

Watch also this video



[edit on 13/10/2008 by internos]

The photo in the link is dated 2003.

When I face my phone camera directly into the sun, it creates this exact effect. I'm not sure whether the software craps out and can't deal with it, or it's a protective measure to save the cameras CCD.

In any case, it's completely normal

IRM

I think that black spot type of thing has been explained before.

It's a glitch. When a camera is tries to capture an image of a very strong source of light(i.e the sun), the brightest spot ends up being a black spot.

Hope some of the camera pros can explain it better or correct me if I'm mistaken.

You manipulated the date from 2003 to 2008

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You give me the creeps! Its not Cape Cod Ma, its Capetown.

honest mistake.

reply to post by Spooky Fox Mulder


I don't see anything odd. Just that black spot where the Sun is too bright for the digital camera to pick up.

Originally posted by dgtempe
reply to post by mkross1983

 

You give me the creeps! Its not Cape Cod Ma, its Capetown.

honest mistake.

lol

Yeah sorry about that all.

[edit on 13-10-2008 by mkross1983]

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No problem...but its getting darker and darker outside....hmmm...
Its a weird dark too.

theres a place called alabama near cape town, lol... Who knows!

i dont know about that but ive been to webcamworld which has dozens of webcams of the night sky in australia

this one looks really strange to me
any answers

webcam.ucc.asn.au...

[edit on 13-10-2008 by atsforever]

Originally posted by internos
reply to post by Spooky Fox Mulder

 

We call it SUN here on Earth: see these examples of CCD Saturation and Blooming (AKA blooding).

My mistake then. Didn't knew about the CCD Saturation and Blooming before now. Thanks for clearing it up, internos.

Dont hoax, oct 14. You will get banned for doing things like that.

[edit on 13-10-2008 by monkeybus]

Did you know theres a place called Alabama in South-Afrika as well?

Keep looking up to the skies

Dr.ok