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The discussion is great and many explainations as a collective are viable. Since my first post I have changed my initial opinion. I have offered the two photos in support of what Mr. Blessing had photographed. I have gone to many links offered by fellow posters and have definately enriched my though...

Here is the picture of the sept./08 (SUNRISE) I mentioned in my post on page three. Pre-dawn The (effect) lasted only a few minutes. Facing due east. Note the Bright ball at tree top level right is not the sun. It is a street lamp two houses east and across the street from me.

Hey TRL. Unless you were photographing that pretty view of the sun illuminating the underside of clouds with a piece of glass or other reflecting material or fog in front of your lens, I doubt very much that any sort of auto focusing beam contributed to the color or realism of that picture. In the ...

Good point TRL and others of the auto focus beam faith. As I looked at the picture something was eerily familliar abut that color. One of the earlier posters mentioned the photo was taken with an S-100, a canon camera. I picked up my canon a-70 pointed at my comp screen and pressed the button half ...

Looks to me like a blurry red light reflection from the camera which deceptively blends in with the clouds. Did the photographer see the same thing as the camera? Does the camera have one of those little red lights on the front? I think they're part of the auto-focus. My opinion would change depend...

When I went to the (window) link in the main article describing polarized light through airplane windows, this information I believe solidifies my suspicion due to the stated fact that the windows are (plastic and double paned) and that this is a result of the autofocus emitter reflecting back from ...

As I looked at the picture something was eerily familliar abut that color. One of the earlier posters mentioned the photo was taken with an S-100, a canon camera. I picked up my canon a-70 pointed at my comp screen and pressed the button half way in autofocus mode and bathed everything in orange lig...