[commish]

So where's the photo?

I cannot believe how many people Keep asking this same question.

Read the article, both this one and the SF Chronicle article.

NASA has the CAMERA and the IMAGES!! The Astronomer undoubtedly also has copies, BUT he specifically told the SF Chronicle that he would not release the IMAGe until NASA reviews it

Think people - the guy wants his anonimity for now. He most likely does not want this IMAGE roaming the internet until someone has verified it is real or says it is a chromatic problem with the camera.

[gitmo]

I assumed those were rhetorical questions. The article was plain on this subject.

[Vermont Lt]

I have not been able to ascertain the type of camera, but if it is digital; especially a Digital Nikon, there are serious issues with exposures of that length. Digital cameras do not deal with time exposures the same way film cameras do. Longer exposures (more than the normal 1/30th, 1/60th) impact the image with more noise and shifts to different spectrums. This has to do with the CCD sensors. You could go to any of a number of professional digital camera sites on the net: www.dpreview; www.robgalbraith.com just to mention a couple and do some research.

This is a well known issue with Nikon Digitals--especially the higher end ones.

[snickeroon]

In addition, I have another sidebar to throw into this discussion. Are the anamolies said to be photographed in the mideast (an unidentified and mysterious arc of red light) seen when the crew was photographing lightening strikes.....were those images automatically transferred to NASA, or, were they destroyed in the crash?

Further, what sort of connection does the aforementioned arc mean in "light" of the patch designed for the Columbia crew.

Art Bell, please RETURN to the building.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Some people wouldn't know a credible source, or person if it bit them on the butt.