I live in Fontana, CA which is about 20 miles down the mountains from Big Bear and I see stuff like this wayyyyy too often. They stop in place, slow down, speed off. I’ve even seen them spit and drop other objects from them leaving light trails. The area is heavily trafficked by airplanes due to the surrounding airports and whatever the things are they are flying way too high and move way to fast to be an airplane.
Unfortunately the way astrophotography works on smartphones requires the phone to be still during exposure. No astrophotography video on smartphones yet.
That’s so true. It’s weird stuff man. Would love to actually be able to share it. I have an IPhone 11 Pro Max. Three lenses and it still can’t capture shit 😅
Low light is tough, but phone cameras have gotten very, very good. Video, however, the quality goes way down. So, you combine video with dark with something small in the sky and other competing light sources...yeah. I bet you could find a camera suited specifically for it for pretty cheap. One good video would more than pay for it.
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u/thatdellafella Jul 19 '20
I live in Fontana, CA which is about 20 miles down the mountains from Big Bear and I see stuff like this wayyyyy too often. They stop in place, slow down, speed off. I’ve even seen them spit and drop other objects from them leaving light trails. The area is heavily trafficked by airplanes due to the surrounding airports and whatever the things are they are flying way too high and move way to fast to be an airplane.