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Hi, Mr. (name excluded) and Mr. (name excluded) -
It's interesting that folks have the time to stare at our movies and find interesting features, but no luck Googling, say, "STEREO image artifacts." If you had, you would have found, among other things:
stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov...
(see the HI-2 case, about halfway down the page), and then perhaps found our Planet Finder:
stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov... ,
which indicates that currently, Venus is probably the brightest object in the HI-2B field of view, and thus likely to be the source of the internal reflections.
The HI's are not what most people think of when they think of telescopes; instead (see:
www.sstd.rl.ac.uk... ,
Figure 5) they're two single-lens cameras recessed below the side of the spacecraft and placed at the end of a series of baffles to remove stray light from the Sun, which is (Carl Sagan imitation time) billions of time brighter than the signal we're looking for. I can't honestly say I know which of the many structures inside the HI instrument produces the triangular or diamond-shaped internal reflections (though looking at that Figure, I'm guessing it's the HI-1 camera), only that they've been seen before.
Wishing you both a happy new year,
Joe Gurman
P.S. I wouldn't call that an "official explanation," as I'm not an official anything, just a scientist.
(Dr.) Joseph B. Gurman
STEREO Project Scientist
Joseph B. Gurman, Solar Physics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD 20771 USA
Why do the background images go over the object when it's moving? It's like the object is behind the background.
Originally posted by greeneyedleo
ATTENTION:
If the TOPIC and the TOPIC alone is not discussed, this thread will close.
Enough of the insults, rants, vents, off topic posts, T&C violations and OBSESSIONS with other members, etc.....
Stop it now......or this thread will close!
FINAL WARNING.
Thank you!
Originally posted by watchZEITGEISTnow
Originally posted by Violence
Incoming?
Where does it say it's on it's way to Earth?
Although i never said this, I'd like to think if 'they' wanted to be seen 'they' would. And if 'they' were in our galaxy neighborhood I'd bloody expect them to swing by for a cuppa!
But if you guys wanna use me as the whipping boy - feel free if it makes you feel all safe.
Originally posted by jeichelberg
Originally posted by watchZEITGEISTnow
Originally posted by Violence
Incoming?
Where does it say it's on it's way to Earth?
Although i never said this, I'd like to think if 'they' wanted to be seen 'they' would. And if 'they' were in our galaxy neighborhood I'd bloody expect them to swing by for a cuppa!
But if you guys wanna use me as the whipping boy - feel free if it makes you feel all safe.
Hello...MCFLY!!!??? The title of your thread clearly states "Incoming." Incoming WHERE!?!?! You did write the title of the thread, right?
Originally posted by simples
reply to post by cerebralassassins
ok i dont know where you are going with that lecture but i agree we are not the only intelligent life in the universe however yes you need to keep an open mind but when you do common sense and education must prevail no matter what you want to believe, listen to your head not your heart.
i think this thread can be closed but because some people are listening to there heart they are frantically trying to prove there's something in the images even though the odds are stacked against them its time to admit defeat there no shame in that and look forward to the next weird and wonderful object to show up like this.
THANK YOU! Just joined this fiasco so I had some catching up to do............
Originally posted by miniatus
Originally posted by jaws1975
I will bite on the len's flare theory if someone can show me a pic that looks just like the pyramid in the op! The 2007 pic being referenced looks nothing like the current pics imo.
lol it's ironic I get no credit for my work in this thread .. that's what I get for not being nicknamed Phage .. jk
Anyway - if you go to page 7 or 8 you'll see that I linked to HI1 and HI2 images .. HI2 shows this pyramid "object" on screen .. HI1 is a non-embossed, non-processed image from another camera pointing in the same region at the same time, there is no such pyramid object .. if you use the search page and examine the HI1 vs. HI2 images for the same span of time on the nasa site you'll find no object is present..
I also posted a link to a nasa page explaining a phenomena called internal light reflection that can cause very strange light artifacts.. not your typical lens flares! .. this is due to the shape of the camera barrel, internal optics and the way the images are processed.
Bottom line however, there's no object there .. and it's very apparent when you compare images from HI1 that's looking at the same area of space but without the same processing.
Venus is probably the brightest object in the HI-2B field of view, and thus likely to be the source of the internal reflections.
Originally posted by Chamberf=6
reply to post by InTheFlesh1980
Venus is probably the brightest object in the HI-2B field of view, and thus likely to be the source of the internal reflections.
Thanks for posting the reply you got from NASA.
It confirms what some of us had come to believe anyway, but nice to hear it from a NASA scientist.
Why this thread is at 95 flags and growing is beyond my comprehension.
Huge UFO Pyramid Incoming!
It is massive and heading our way
? GLP?lol
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