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Images that appear to be a PORTAL TO THE SUN in the woods (including NASA Jan 1st) [NEW HIGHER-RES versions added]

 
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Re: Images that appear to be a PORTAL TO THE SUN in the woods (including NASA Jan 1st) [NEW HIGHER-RES versions added]
Speaking in my official capacity as both a genuine expert and a professional genius you can all trust me when I reveal that the photo is truly a shot of a portal.
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ohyeah Yeppers, and a portal to the sun no less.
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could you see it at night?
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Re: Images that appear to be a PORTAL TO THE SUN in the woods (including NASA Jan 1st) [NEW HIGHER-RES versions added]
photoshop
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Re: Images that appear to be a PORTAL TO THE SUN in the woods (including NASA Jan 1st) [NEW HIGHER-RES versions added]
Yep, swamp gas.
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Ffffaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiii​iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeessssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cheer
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this1

or some sort of Earth spirit

reminds me of the 'fire' described when 'Night Marchers' are seen and heard in Hawaii
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Re: Images that appear to be a PORTAL TO THE SUN in the woods (including NASA Jan 1st) [NEW HIGHER-RES versions added]
I am a wedding photographer & after reviewing exif data, Im confirming this image was manipulated. Like I originally said, Photoshop!

End of thread.
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Re: Images that appear to be a PORTAL TO THE SUN in the woods (including NASA Jan 1st) [NEW HIGHER-RES versions added]
So I came home from work tonight, saw that there was some sun activity so logged onto spaceweather and saw this:

[link to spaceweather.com]

The shape was interesting, where did I see that before? Oh yeah, look to the right on my tabs and see the imgur photo of your friend's portal from this morning.

[link to imgur.com]

There's this double arch thing going on in both of them. Do you know what time your friend took these pictures? Put the two pictures side by side in your tabs, you'll see what I'm talking about.

I know this whole thing has a lot of people shouting fake.

But what if these two things really DID happen at the same time. How cool would that be! What are the chances that we really DID find a portal.
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WOW, Amazing contribution! That does resemble it quite notably. I see 2 things here, #1 The photo I submitted was taken mid-2012 so no direct connection. That's not to say such a thing, were it possible, would only occur once. #2 The striking similarity leads me to wonder if the M-9 Flare we saw (animated version here: [link to spaceweather.com] ) did not cause an ultraviolet NAA version of lens flare? Awesome find all the same, thanks again!

Well op, I for one, would LOVEP to see the high res pics you have.
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I'll add them shortly.
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Delivered [link to imgur.com]

Speaking in my official capacity as both a genuine expert and a professional genius you can all trust me when I reveal that the photo is truly a shot of a portal.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 44110959

ohyeah Yeppers, and a portal to the sun no less.
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LOL, I do believe this has taken on a new angle.

could you see it at night?
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The photographer was doing a daytime shoot. To my knowledge, the "portal" was not visible to the naked eye. Which makes me think of the Ultraviolet Sun Flare. We don't see much into the ultraviolet range.
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Re: Images that appear to be a PORTAL TO THE SUN in the woods (including NASA Jan 1st) [NEW HIGHER-RES versions added]
I am a wedding photographer & after reviewing exif data, Im confirming this image was manipulated. Like I originally said, Photoshop!

End of thread.
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Just because he edited the photos does not mean he created the anomaly. I'll tell you what I've been telling everyone screaming "Photoshop!" Take the image I provided and create a convincing comparison using Shop.
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Re: Images that appear to be a PORTAL TO THE SUN in the woods (including NASA Jan 1st) [NEW HIGHER-RES versions added]
And who takes a photo of that scene anyway? Nothing much to look at, which is even more reason to believe the photog had intensions of taking the photo & then adding the "portal" after
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Fake....cause if it were a portal we wouldn't be looking at these photos because he would have gone through.....wouldn't you?
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Re: Images that appear to be a PORTAL TO THE SUN in the woods (including NASA Jan 1st) [NEW HIGHER-RES versions added]
The person who took this pic was the same person that created Barry Soetero's birth cert.
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Wtf?
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Re: Images that appear to be a PORTAL TO THE SUN in the woods (including NASA Jan 1st) [NEW HIGHER-RES versions added]
Was thinking Lens Flare or photoshopped. It could be both of those after seeing your attempt at recreating it since they look similar but the original looks like they could've smudged/tweaked a lens flare with photoshop.

However there's been known occurrences where photos do pick up strange and unexplainable things like this.
I remember once a long time ago where we had some pictures developed only to have some odd things appear in them. A couple having odd lights and a skeletal-misty shape in one. Those were just pictures developed from one of those one use camera and weren't changed.

If this is indeed a real portal then it would be kinda neat to see if there'd be a way to get another picture of it or to explore the surroundings of that area for anything out of the ordinary.
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Re: Images that appear to be a PORTAL TO THE SUN in the woods (including NASA Jan 1st) [NEW HIGHER-RES versions added]
New higher res versions + M-9 Flare screenshot:
[link to imgur.com]

Ultraviolet flare animation from NASA:
[link to spaceweather.com]
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Re: Images that appear to be a PORTAL TO THE SUN in the woods (including NASA Jan 1st) [NEW HIGHER-RES versions added]

...


must've really gone through that portal though, since it was edited before it was even taken
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The fact that it passed through photoshop is enough to call bullshit.

He needs to provide the original RAW. No jpg. RAW files are easy to inspect for fuckery.
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I just edited that last part.
Got a new pic with no portal that shows the same editing process.
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Date and Time (Original) 2012:04:10 14:26:44
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But yeah, I will attempt to get an unadultered copy. I'm still trying to get the other 3 "portal" photos from that day as well. No promises, but I'll try. Then at least we can confine the topic to whether or not it's lens flare.
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Lens flares show up as more curved and circular in fashion. This is not a lens flare. The angle of it is all wrong in comparison to the light source.
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Re: Images that appear to be a PORTAL TO THE SUN in the woods (including NASA Jan 1st) [NEW HIGHER-RES versions added]
Easily achieved in photoshop.
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very easily
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Re: Images that appear to be a PORTAL TO THE SUN in the woods (including NASA Jan 1st) [NEW HIGHER-RES versions added]
Did anyone else notice that to the right of the "portal" there are three red dots in a triangle. I've never used Photoshop before but it seems that those dots could be some kind of aligning points.
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Did anyone else notice that to the right of the "portal" there are three red dots in a triangle. I've never used Photoshop before but it seems that those dots could be some kind of aligning points.
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It's absolutely fascinating (and incredibly amusing) what people will do to keep idiots occupied these days.
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Re: Images that appear to be a PORTAL TO THE SUN in the woods (including NASA Jan 1st) [NEW HIGHER-RES versions added]
And who takes a photo of that scene anyway? Nothing much to look at, which is even more reason to believe the photog had intensions of taking the photo & then adding the "portal" after
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He is a "natural beauty" photographer. It makes perfect sense. I have taken photos like these before as well (without any "portals" OFC).

Fake....cause if it were a portal we wouldn't be looking at these photos because he would have gone through.....wouldn't you?
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Not just no, but hell no. Especially if it might take me to the surface of the Sun, lol.

Easily achieved in photoshop.
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very easily
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Show me the money! (prove it by doing it)
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Re: Images that appear to be a PORTAL TO THE SUN in the woods (including NASA Jan 1st) [NEW HIGHER-RES versions added]
Did anyone else notice that to the right of the "portal" there are three red dots in a triangle. I've never used Photoshop before but it seems that those dots could be some kind of aligning points.
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Unless you meant the red leaves, of which I see many more than 3, I'm not seeing it.
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Re: Images that appear to be a PORTAL TO THE SUN in the woods (including NASA Jan 1st) [NEW HIGHER-RES versions added]
well with all respect to the OP it looks that your camera has a light leak that causes this to happen in your sensor/film.

sorry no portal. I have seen this before, looks odd but yeah there is a problem with the frame of your camera
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Re: Images that appear to be a PORTAL TO THE SUN in the woods (including NASA Jan 1st) [NEW HIGHER-RES versions added]
Easily achieved in photoshop.
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Possible but I doubt it. The photographer would have no motivation to do that and has even stated he did not use photoshop. If someone would like to try and duplicate this effect, I'd love to see it.
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[link to i.imgur.com]


i did not copy his flare with the cloning tool, i made a fresh one.
I did this by copying a small circle of the pic and putting it on its own layer, and using that bit to put a lens flare in from photoshop's render filter. the flare is round, so i stretched it to match his, and added a soft pink outer glow to it. nearly identical i think, and it took me about to minutes. Not saying his is fake, but it can be duplicated very easily in photoshop.
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looks pretty cool and some photo aficionados love this effect as it makes the picture to get some character



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Cool pic.
Did anyone walk into it?
movies Chronicle and The Surge results anyone?
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Re: Images that appear to be a PORTAL TO THE SUN in the woods (including NASA Jan 1st) [NEW HIGHER-RES versions added]
this is fake, everyone can do that.
and no EXIF data of the pics this is fake with long exposure time
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The forest itself is very well lit, which would suggest a long exposure time. But the portal itself is also self luminescence, yet not over saturated.

To me, this says over processed. The lighting is too perfect. Now maybe the photogrspher stood there and metered everything and did some HDR stuff. But would you stand around such a scene for very long? All while being able to concentrate on the picture setup?
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See if this helps:

Exif data

Camera Canon EOS REBEL T3
Exposure 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 50 mm
ISO Speed 800
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire
Image Width 4272
Image Height 2848
Bits Per Sample 16 16 16
Compression Uncompressed
Photometric Interpretation RGB
Orientation Horizontal (normal)
Samples Per Pixel 3
X-Resolution 350 dpi
Y-Resolution 350 dpi
Planar Configuration Chunky
Software Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
Date and Time (Modified) 2012:02:05 15:55:51
Date and Time (Original) 2012:03:06 12:57:13
Date and Time (Digitized) 2012:03:06 12:57:13
Color Space sRGB
Focal Plane X-Resolution 4720.441895 dpi
Focal Plane Y-Resolution 4786.554687 dpi
Custom Rendered Normal
Exposure Mode Manual
White Balance Auto
Scene Capture Type Standard
Compression JPEG (old-style)
Coded Character Set UTF8
Date Created 2012:03:06
Time Created 12:57:13
Global Angle 30
Global Altitude 30
Photoshop Quality 12
Photoshop Format Optimised
Progressive Scans 3 Scans
XMPToolkit Adobe XMP Core 5.0-c060 61.134777, 2010/02/12-17:32:00
Rating 0
Creator Tool Digital Photo Professional
Metadata Date 2012:02:05 15:55:51-05:00
Format image/jpeg
Color Mode 3
ICCProfile Name sRGB v1.31 (Canon)
Original Document ID xmp.did:1933B1C93B50E1119F18B49E4E92CA19
History Action saved
History Instance ID xmp.iid:1933B1C93B50E1119F18B49E4E92CA19
History When 2012:02:05 15:55:51-05:00
History Software Agent Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
History Changed /
History Parameters from image/tiff to image/jpeg
Derived From Original Document ID xmp.did:1933B1C93B50E1119F18B49E4E92CA19
Color Transform YCbCr
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F8?
bullshit
look at the depth of field
F22 or higher.
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Re: Images that appear to be a PORTAL TO THE SUN in the woods (including NASA Jan 1st) [NEW HIGHER-RES versions added]
I know this are non bad intended pictures, and I agree they where not photoshopped.



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Easily achieved in photoshop.
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Possible but I doubt it. The photographer would have no motivation to do that and has even stated he did not use photoshop. If someone would like to try and duplicate this effect, I'd love to see it.
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[link to i.imgur.com]


i did not copy his flare with the cloning tool, i made a fresh one.
I did this by copying a small circle of the pic and putting it on its own layer, and using that bit to put a lens flare in from photoshop's render filter. the flare is round, so i stretched it to match his, and added a soft pink outer glow to it. nearly identical i think, and it took me about to minutes. Not saying his is fake, but it can be duplicated very easily in photoshop.
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Well done! Now can be end this?
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Also from the exif looks as the image was shopped. Sadly.


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I know this are non bad intended pictures, and I agree they where not photoshopped.



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stopped way the hell down and someone with a light source walked in painted the stripe and walked out. The depth of field is the give away. Looks like an Ansel Adams
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Re: Images that appear to be a PORTAL TO THE SUN in the woods (including NASA Jan 1st) [NEW HIGHER-RES versions added]
Cool pic.
Did anyone walk into it?
movies Chronicle and The Surge results anyone?
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it's possible. The people that go missing in the woods may be having encounters, some very interesting info out there, Paulide's books for example.
One hiker described it as entering into a sort of primeval jungle, and he was able to back track out of it. It sounded like a trap that was set to catch things
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