reply to post by thorfourwinds
I will give you a quick summary of what I see in those images.
First, the video in question was obviously using a "long exposure" time. That means the "shutter" on the camera was left open for long periods of
time, and light was allowed to collect on the film or CCD. This is usually done when people want to take pictures of the stars. It allows the light
from the stars to "bake" onto the film or CCD and become more visible.
Second, some of those streaks of light are most likely normal aircraft lights, and because of the long exposure they show up as long trails.
Click here for some examples of aircraft images taken with long exposure times
(slow shutter). On some of the images you can see a dotted red line, that is caused by blinking aircraft lights over a long exposure. A lot of
the streaks are also meteors, and or illuminated bugs.
Third, some of the streaks of light seem to have bends in them (not a straight line). Sometimes during a light exposure to a camera, if the camera
shakes even the slightest, it will cause some long exposure streaks to appear to curve or bend. Or, the object itself changed directions during the
exposure. I think what you see is an illuminated bug, and or aircraft that changed course during the exposure.
Watch this video of long exposures of bugs:
vimeo.com...
Fourth, some of your images have "long exposure ghosting". The only way to describe this is by thinking in layers. Normally cameras take pictures
with fast shutter speeds (short exposure times). This allows 1 layer of light to hit the film or CCD in the camera. The resulting image is a normal
image. However, when you double the exposure time, that allows 2 layers of light to hit the film or CCD. If the scenery stayed the same then the
resulting image would just appear brighter and more vibrant because the layers are stacked on top of each other and added together (makes dark objects
easier to see). However, if something changed in the scenery, for example a man was visible on the first layer, but moved out of view on the second
layer, then the man would appear like a ghost because the second layer is on top of the first layer and whatever was behind the man is now visible on
top of the man. It makes him look transparent.
Click here to see a
few examples of "long exposure ghosting".
If you triple the exposure time, it allows 3 layers of light. If you quadruple the exposure time, it allows 4 layers of light.... etc.. If the
scenery changes, or the camera moves slightly, this causes "ghosting" of the things that changed because the multiple layers are stacked on top of
those changes. That causes a lot of interesting effects that people don't understand.
Summary... All I see in the images are common effects that happen during long exposure camera shots. The streaks of light could be anything from
aircraft, to satellites, to meteors, to illuminated bugs, and the anomalies you see are all caused by long exposure times (slow shutter speeds).
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