Eclipse pic query

[rustyjames]

my wife took a few snaps of the sky with her iphone because she liked the cloud around the eclipse,in a couple of the snaps there is a bright crescent shape below and to the left of the main event,is this likely to be Venus? I would post pic but don't know how

[rustyjames]

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[bingevader]

Venus was quite a distance off to the east.

It seemed to be some artefact or reflection off the iPhone's lens, the iPads were doing the same.

[SkyJamie]

A mate of mine text me a similar pic earlier asking the same question. His pic looked like lens flare but the lens flare showed the eclipsed sun, whereas in his pic the sun itself was too bright to see the eclipse happening. So without seeing your pic i'd say its probably lens flare

Edit: You posted the pic as I was replying, looks like what he showed me too but pretty cool the lens flare shows the eclipsed sun rather than the sun itself

[rustyjames]

Thanks,my wife thinks that's pretty cool even though I don't understand it!

[Matt Scunthorpe]

It could possibly be the eclipse projecting its shape onto clouds? Such as it does on mountains, roofs etc? Just a thought.

Matt.

[Peter Drew]

I would think that it is an internal reflection from one of the camera's components. Venus at the moment is very slightly gibbous, certainly not crescent as yet. 

[Timbo]

I think that it is a possible scattering of light in a halo-effect owing to the cloud and  water vapour.

[barkis]

Venus wouldn't have shown up as anything but star like I'm afraid.

Even if the sky was dim enough for the planet to be seen, although I know it can be very bright

in the Dawn, or Evening Sky.

A phone camera doesn't have the resolution, or magnification to show any phase the planet may be at.

Ron.

[jamespels]

Nice pic and a cool effect!

Had exactly the same thing with my Samsung Galaxy. I could see the crescent image move as I moved the phone slightly so 100% definitely a flare or internal reflection.

[bingevader]

Ditto, and without wanting to gloat, we had crystal clear sky, so nothing to do with cloud cover.

With us, the main image was too bright for taking an image directly anyway, but the reflection showed up as a rather good eclipse!

[Scooot]

Could be the eclipse, look at this link, http://www.ericteske.com/2014/10/take-iphone-solar-eclipse-photo-with.html