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This information/article is copyright, 2006 by Cody Polston, Bob Carter and SGHA. All rights reserved.
Location: Jerome Mining Museum, Jerome, AZ
Date taken: July 16, 2005
Photographer: C. Polston
M/E/EM fields: 2 nt
Camera Model : Sony MVC-CD 350, IR enhanced

 

 SGHA Research ~ Photograph analysis ~ Jerome Mining Museum Photo

A digital image can be treated as a data set to extract information. This is the information that we extracted from a digital photograph taken during a investigation at the Jerome Mining Museum.

Clicking on this image will open the photo in a new window. EXIF data is intact.

EXIF Data

Photo DSC01024
Date and Time 7/16/2005 2:32:38 PM
Exp. Time 1/40
F/Stop 4.0
Exp. Program Normal
Exp. Bias +2.0
Metering Mode Pattern
Light Source Unknown
Flash Flash fired
Focal Length compulsory flash mode
Focal Length (35 mm) return light not detected
ISO Speed 6.4;-;200
Orientation Normal
Dimensions 2048 x 1536
File Size 1372 KB

Infrared Analysis

When an IR pass filter is applied to the photograph, several darker sections appear that are not easily seen in the original photograph.

The darker regions would represent cooler sections within the photograph. The amount of thermal emission from the darker areas are dependant on their size, their emission and their temperature.

Gauging from the temperatures of the surrounding structures, it is estimated that the darker areas of the "cloud" are 10 to 15 degrees cooler than the surrounding ambient air temperature.

It should be noted that the estimate of temperature variance is based solely upon the analysis of the photograph.

A digital image can be treated as a data set to extract information. Each pixel's intensity value is a measure of how much energy was used to generate it within the band of spectrum used to produce the image. The sum of the pixel intensities is a measure of the total energy used to create the whole image.The highest output of energy from the object in the photograph is the lighter "glow" of the eclipse. The Sesmimetric value of the "glow" is estimated at 78.Another oddity is that the "warm" area of the object is pushing away a cooler section of air.

Figure 2. Simulated Spectrum Analysis

Figure 3. Bandpass

The simulated spectrum analysis shows the objects intensity is simiar to it's surroundings. When a simulated mid IR bandpass filter (Figure 3) is applied to the photograph, the "glow" almost disappears, indicating that it may be within or near that range.

Surface Plot Analysis

The surface plots of the photograph clearly show that the strange object in the photograph is 3 dimensional. It is also possible that the object is actually two separate objects that are very close together. The simulated density indicates that the "glow" is similar in composition to a light gas substance.

Hypothesis

The analysis of the photograph indicates that that the unusual object in the photograph is 3 dimensional and is radiating some sort of energy.

Due to the objects shape and density, there are several hypotheses that one can speculate.

The first is that the unusual object is an artifact of a electromagnetic cascade shower that is about to collapse. The photons of the cascade are in the near IR

to mid-IR range.

Programs used for analysis: Image J , Scanalyze, Analyze 7.0

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