Round object above New Zealand Ruapehu Volcano

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Here's a few multiple shots.

The most recent starts in the upper left.

You can see the object moving in from about the fourth shot... Time stamp is very early morning.

Dumb question but, it wouldn't be the Moon would it?
Is the East cam facing east or is it positioned east of the volcano facing west?

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Last Edited by Lucky Charms on 02/16/2011 12:10 AM

I'm not sure, but he latest image shows the object a little bigger now.

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check out these other pictures from the night before. Strange bright lights at night.
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time stamp )2:30 am.
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Is that big fuck off bright spot the Moon?

If so we can conclude the object in the OP is not the Moon at least.

So then what the hell is it?

Animation. Very odd.

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Can someone capture the animation?

No the moon riseing is happening in the next ten minutes or so according to Stellarium, plus that object looks like it came from the top down?.

Wild!!

Looks like a Sphere

You know what that reminds me of? Spheres around the Sun, Spheres in Movies/Shows (Day the Earth stood still, Knowing, The 4400....etc.)

It comes down from the Top, seems to keep different positions for minutes or you would have some motion blur if it would be moving very fast.

Nice find OP!

Jesus christ!

That was fucking crazy!
This is the link that will spook you peeps, check it out.

I wish somebody would debunk this, it's too wild. >.<

sun
the camera cant do the highest brightness (of SUN)
it is a blind spot of your optics
next

That may be the case, but if you watch when the sun is on the horizon on the left side as it's setting, you can see the black spot in the middle of the sun for a brief moment.

I think the sun dude got it.
If you look at these, the position of the lens flare in each image is consistent with the position of the object as it moves across the sky.

The reason the object appears to move "down" from the sky into shot in the animation is because the camera doesn't have a wide enough field of view to capture the rising sun.


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Ah well, it was a nice feeling while it lasted.
:/

I think he's right too, darn, thought it might have been a good one.

There's a little black spot on the sun today... in the pic when the sun sets at 8:15pm. Just sayin'.

PIN!

Just a rugby ball that one of the All Blacks kicked...hahaha

Yeah optical....

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Why does it always looks like its getting bigger and then smaller, and backwards?

Last Edited by Trickster on 02/16/2011 02:19 AM

Year thats what i was thinking, either we are moving earth wobble?, or the sun is? if it is the sun.

Varying degrees of cloud cover most likely.
Which is also why the surrounding light is so diffuse.

If it is the sun, should see the same show again tomarro, if it anit there, then we possibly got a visitor, if the camera is faceing east, and the object is moves across the screen, then its moveing south to north, sun dont set in the north. But then again it could be on the eastern side looking north, then it would be east to west across the screen.

To determine weather the the earth is wobbling or the sun, just check in approx 4hours time when the moon passes the same area, being almost full should be able to see it?, if it acts the same way as the earlier object(sun) then it is the earth wobbling, if it stays the same size, then it could be possible that those pics of the sun is showing that the sun is orbiting close and far like a vertical wave?, or perhaps pulseing?

Or it could be what an earlier poster said about the clouds/atmosphare its possible if it was passing through atmosphare with alot of water in it, that it acts like a kind of magnifying glass?

Taht was Tamati's (the weatherman) engagement ring....

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Too bad it was cloudy last night, but you can still see glimps of the moon, looks way bigger then that other object(sun?) and brighter. Sun should be ticking past next couple of hours, be interesting to keep an eye on its distance/size patterns.

THE BLACK SPOT IS THE SUN! DUHHHH =)

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How odd! In this shot is has lost it's round shape and resembles a puff of smoke.