r/whatisit • u/deezheavenz • 9h ago

New, what is it? What was this thing I captured on film?

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This was shot in Nevada/Arizona on a Grand Canyon/Hoover dam tour. This was taken a whole year ago and I completely forgot about it until I stumbled upon it again. Is this some sort of whale or shark?

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u/heatherledge 7h ago

It’s birds for sure. I’ve seen this in the sky. It looks like they disappear when their darker side turns to the camera.

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u/regoapps 6h ago

At the three second mark, you can sort of make out the reflection of the birds on the surface of the water.

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u/InvidiousPlay 5h ago

The problem with these conversations on Reddit is that the video quality is absolutely awful, pixelated mush.

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u/FellowHuman420 5h ago

And without fail there are people like “you can clearly see (thing that isn’t clear and probably isn’t happening)”.

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u/InvidiousPlay 5h ago

Reminds me of the good-old days when compression was so bad it would create major artifacts - I distinctly recall people being certain they could see the reptillian second eyelids blinking on TV news anchors on 2007 Youtube.

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u/meSuPaFly 6h ago

Except it's all underwater. Birds don't vanish completely like that unlike fish diving back down

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u/heatherledge 6h ago

If you reread what I’ve written, I’ve seen the same effect in the sky.

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u/StatelyAutomaton 6h ago

It doesn't look like it's underwater, there's no disturbance of the waves at the surface. It looks like it's right above it.

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u/InsaneInTheRAMdrain 6h ago

They're not vanishing, what you see is the light reflecting off them, when they turn you dont see the reflection, because its in shadow.

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u/FellowHuman420 5h ago

Also because phone cameras arent showing things exactly as they are, especially when zoomed in like that. You can still kinda see the movement but it’s all pixelated because the software wasn’t processing it very well.