25 Aug
2010
25 Aug
'10
2:09 p.m.
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Stephen Peterson <scpki7l@gmail.com> wrote:
My guess is that the propeller blade is alternately blocking light as the CCD was scanning. Interesting.
I agree. Cell phone cameras can create interesting artifacts when scanning objects moving at high speed. I got this fun image while driving (er, I mean riding) down the freeway last summer. Despite how it looks, I swear I was going nowhere near the speed of light. http://mike.pietdepsi.com/images/0608091805.jpg -- Michael W. Thelen