I took a picture of the sun on my cell phone.

[thenonsequitur]

It basically looks like a big white circle (much larger than the sun), but oddly has a small black circle on the inside. This black cirlce is probably about the size of the actual sun. Here is a rendition:



So I have a question for anyone that knows the physics of lenses and/or photography. What is this black cirlce in the middle?

I've seen other pictures of the sun taken on good cameras (as opposed to my crappy cell phone camera) and they look similar except on good cameras there is no black circle in the center.

[sandstorm]

ITS TEH END OF THE WOERLD!!!1!

[boost]

ITS TEH END OF THE WOERLD!!!1!

ONOES! SVE US OH MIHGTY RAPTORR JESSUS!

[sandstorm]

LOLOLOL WE CNA GET PWNT!!11

[bigred]

[thenonsequitur]

I knew FTR would be the right place to ask a question about science.

[a500lbgorilla]

it probably has less to do with lenses and more to do with the cameras light sensitivity.

[Renton]

Heres an interesting article i found about camera lens phenomena.

http://www.weather-photography.com/techniques.php?cat=general&page=camera


{NSFW!!! - Xianti. Renton, you should know better}

[bigred]

Heres an interesting article i found about camera lens phenomena.

http://www.weather-photography.com/techniques.php?cat=general&page=camera

I didn't know you could do that with cameras.

[Warpe]

I just puked. NSFW PLS!!!!

[Warpe]

that could be the sun's anus though...

[bigred]

I just puked. NSFW PLS!!!!

Are you allergic to sunlight?

[Renton]

im sorry. after what thenonsequitur did, i just had to.

I was gonna mark it nsfw myself after an hour or two.

[swiggidy]

can you upload the actualy picture?

[thenonsequitur]

can you upload the actualy picture?

Unfortunately I can't get it off my phone. I don't have the cable that connects the phone to the computer (because I didn't spend the extra $30 for it), and I can't send text messages (because I don't spend the extra $5 a month for that). Moral of the story: I'm cheap.

Renton, I appreciate the effort. I would have fallen for it if Xianti hadn't marked it before I saw it.

Xianti, thank you very much for saving my eyesight.

[thenonsequitur]

it probably has less to do with lenses and more to do with the cameras light sensitivity.

So you think that perhaps if the light intesity is too high at a given location, it shows up as black for some reason?

[swiggidy]

If all pictures have a black dot I would say the sun burnt a hole in your camera's retina. Usually if it's saturated (with electrons) it would be white, if you push electronics past the saturation point they typically break.

[hydroseeds]

It's a black hole. Duh.

[a500lbgorilla]

I just spent 10 minutes studying the sun intently and now i see a similar black spot. I think we're pretty heavily humped on this one, guys. Pretty clear that the end is nigh.

[thenonsequitur]

If all pictures have a black dot I would say the sun burnt a hole in your camera's retina.

Camera still works fine, no black circle in the middle for regular pictures. Just the sun. So that's not it.

[bigred]

I just spent 10 minutes studying the sun intently and now i see a similar black spot. I think we're pretty heavily humped on this one, guys. Pretty clear that the end is nigh.

Um, read the scientific diagram I drew for this discussion. The sun is srsly out to get us.

[Miffed22001]

I just spent 10 minutes studying the sun intently and now i see a similar black spot. I think we're pretty heavily humped on this one, guys. Pretty clear that the end is nigh.

yey, ill get to see my dog soon then!