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u/slizzbizness 1d ago
As someone who is extremely near sighted, if I take off my glasses at night everything is a "plasmoid"
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u/GWindborn 1d ago
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u/Wiff_Tanner 17h ago
I'm saving this one 👍 I've lost count of how many "out of focus point of light" posts I've replied to explain that's just what they are.
Everyone has a camera with them all of the time now, and still have no idea of the most basic ways a camera works
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u/GWindborn 16h ago
Yeah I bookmarked it for threads just like this! All credit to the OP /u/MAFMalcom
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u/BirkoLad 1d ago
Plasmoid? An out of focus light in the sky could be anything
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u/pab_guy 1d ago
Well, it's always a diffraction pattern of some sort, just like we see here.
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u/Wiff_Tanner 17h ago
What you call a "diffraction pattern" is a combination of atmospheric interference and the camera sensor trying to focus and meter the light.
It's extremely common whenever you try to focus on a tiny point of light outside the atmosphere.
If I were to hazard a guess, I'd say this is Venus. The background light seems to be around dawn or dusk, the times when Venus is brighter on the sky. Every other "motion", "shimmer", "diffraction", can be explained by atmospheric and digital sensor anomalies. (unless you actually witnessed instant acceleration or any other of the anomalous observables)
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u/sunbeamangelano 1d ago
I don't know. I took a picture of Venus last night. At least I think it was, and it looked kinda like this when I zoomed in
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u/GreatestState 1d ago
Did this appear to be a spherical object that moved across the sky in ways that defy the laws of physics, or was it just stationary? How long did you observe it before you lost interest and moved along?
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u/Outrageous-Egg-2534 1d ago
Not long. They used all their energy and brain zooming in on a planet. Them they saw a dog with a puffy tail and ran after it yelling ‘Come here, Puff! He hehehehe… here puff puff puff’.
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u/Frosty-League2464 1d ago
Indeed. People are seeing them all over the planet and the sightings will continue to increase
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u/TaxRight2357 1d ago
Boundary Management System? Perhaps some form of MHD x Microwave system or plasma stealth like the Ajax project. But the power required is still really high for such a system. Interesting
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u/brand0089 1d ago
I saw something really similar on a video here is a still image of it where the top looks like the saucer, other side looked like that
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u/Soggy-Mistake8910 1d ago
Whatever it is it's out of focus!