# Did I photograph the eclipse in these pictures? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 22, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-photograph-the-eclipse-in-these-pictures/794321 "2017-08-22T00:08:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-photograph-the-eclipse-in-these-pictures/794321/1 "2017-08-22T00:08:46Z")
I used my Ipad to take some pics of the sun during the eclipse. We got 85% coverage. Nothing came out in the actual sun, but look below the sun. I circled the relevant portion in my pictures. [What is that?](http://imgur.com/a/Sa3D9) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-photograph-the-eclipse-in-these-pictures/794321/2 "2017-08-22T00:28:32Z")
UFO? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-photograph-the-eclipse-in-these-pictures/794321/3 "2017-08-22T00:34:54Z")
[Look my friend’s pic also has it.](http://imgur.com/vlvmDrU) ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-photograph-the-eclipse-in-these-pictures/794321/4 "2017-08-22T00:39:07Z")
These small cameras are prone to reflections it seems. So its probably a refelection of the image … which only shows up the brightest part… the sun. The reason its not a circle may be because the moon has notched a bit out of it. You would have needed brightness reduction , eg a filter, or a camera obscura box setup, to get it to photograph the sun directly. The CCD camera might have made the camera obscura image easier to see… ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-photograph-the-eclipse-in-these-pictures/794321/5 "2017-08-22T01:11:00Z")
Yep, you captured it in [lens flare](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_flare). ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-photograph-the-eclipse-in-these-pictures/794321/6 "2017-08-22T17:23:31Z")
Yeah, a reflection of the eclipse on a section of receptors not overexposing the white light. I’ve seen a lot of those since the eclipse. . ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-photograph-the-eclipse-in-these-pictures/794321/7 "2017-08-22T18:25:31Z")
Lens flare. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-photograph-the-eclipse-in-these-pictures/794321/8 "2017-08-22T18:34:58Z")
I made a 1-hr iPhone video of the eclipse, and the sun is complelty blown out the whole time, but there is a little crescent-shaped lens flare which rotates around the sun and shows the phases perfectly. It’s pretty neat. ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-photograph-the-eclipse-in-these-pictures/794321/9 "2017-08-22T22:08:44Z")
Some people would claim that you photographed Planet X (aka Nibiru). [http://yowusa.com/2017/07/lanei-bickel-nibiru/](http://yowusa.com/2017/07/lanei-bickel-nibiru/) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-photograph-the-eclipse-in-these-pictures/794321/10 "2017-08-23T02:21:27Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I made a 1-hr iPhone video of the eclipse, and the sun is complelty blown out the whole time, but there is a little crescent-shaped lens flare which rotates around the sun and shows the phases perfectly. It’s pretty neat. Did you upload it? I’d like to see it. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-photograph-the-eclipse-in-these-pictures/794321/11 "2017-08-23T02:27:44Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Did you upload it? I’d like to see it. I’m still on the road, and won’t be back for a few days, but I will when I get home, and post back. ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-photograph-the-eclipse-in-these-pictures/794321/12 "2017-08-24T01:13:25Z")
As a kid, my friend tried to photograph a partial eclipse and saw something similar. It must be internal reflection within the lens creating false image(s). ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-photograph-the-eclipse-in-these-pictures/794321/13 "2017-08-24T11:41:09Z")
> [@Jinx](#): > > As a kid, my friend tried to photograph a partial eclipse and saw something similar. It must be internal reflection within the lens creating false image(s). As mentioned above, it’s lens flare, but also bear in mind: it’s _not_ a false image. It’s the actual eclipse. Intentionally chasing the lens flare was the goal of a fairly large group of us, in fact, given that it actually worked. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-photograph-the-eclipse-in-these-pictures/794321/14 "2017-08-27T04:22:17Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I’m still on the road, and won’t be back for a few days, but I will when I get home, and post back. OK, here it is: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RhMH7cfepMA/maxresdefault.jpg "Eclipse") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhMH7cfepMA) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-photograph-the-eclipse-in-these-pictures/794321/15 "2017-08-27T04:47:23Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Balthisar** : > > Intentionally chasing the lens flare was the goal of a fairly large group of us, in fact, given that it actually worked. J. J., is that you? ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-photograph-the-eclipse-in-these-pictures/794321/16 "2017-08-27T16:49:03Z")
That’s a really cool picture. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-photograph-the-eclipse-in-these-pictures/794321/17 "2017-08-28T02:30:34Z")
Here’s another short time-lapse video I made: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yVz3up8kYMo/maxresdefault.jpg "Eclipse 2017") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVz3up8kYMo) ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-photograph-the-eclipse-in-these-pictures/794321/18 "2017-08-28T02:36:47Z")
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