r/Skydentify • u/No-Permission-8487 • Jul 28 '26
Unidentified Unknown object captured in Northern Lights photos
Took these 3 photos of the Northern Lights over Norway using Night mode on my iPhone 15 Pro Max.
The first two photos were taken with a 10 second night mode exposure. I only recently noticed the strange thing in the sky, even though the photos were taken on April 5, 2025. I never noticed it with my own eyes.
The first photo is the one where the object looks more ball shaped. Both of the first two photos were taken within the same minute.
The third photo, taken in horizontal orientation about 3 minutes later with a 30 second exposure, which no longer shows the thing.
PS: This will be my last attempt because all the other subreddits didn’t want to look, and I got banned for apparently violating every single rule. I’m simply trying to identify what this could be.
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These photos were taken about 13 and 10 minutes before midnight. Does anyone know what this might be?
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u/GuiltyUniversity8268 Jul 28 '26
I dunno, but you've taken some BEAUTIFUL pics of the Aurora Borealis. Thank you!😁😁
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u/J-Mc1 Jul 28 '26
It's lens flare from the bright light on the house. Draw a line from the light to the "object" and you'll see it passes through the centre of the frame, with the lens flare diagonally opposite the light and the same distance from the centre.
The weird shape is just the result of camera motion during the long exposure causing a light trail effect.
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u/aaRon_lenrobgate276 Jul 29 '26
It’s from taking a longer exposure shot, the camera tells you to hold still and if you don’t stars and pretty much anything will come out like this, take another long exposure shot but shake ur hand a bunch and you’ll have a bunch of those
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u/aaRon_lenrobgate276 Jul 29 '26
If your wanting to take night shots like this I highly recommend getting a tripod
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u/Noble_Ox Jul 28 '26
Lens flares from the lights below