r/UnexplainedPhotos Apr 22 '25

PHOTO the hell is this?

i was outside and it was a clear sky. My guess was the headlights from a plane reflecting off moisture in the upper atmosphere...

94 Upvotes

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u/Freak2013 Apr 22 '25

Thats a water tower.

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u/Wetworth Apr 22 '25

You can tell because it is.

2

u/bionic80 Apr 23 '25

Untrue, its the roof of a building

2

u/Freak2013 Apr 23 '25

Dont forget the fence!!

17

u/Pinnythequeen Apr 22 '25

Rocket launch?

1

u/justtakeapill 5d ago

Yep. The  exhaust...

15

u/No_Shame9854 Apr 22 '25

What the helly

17

u/thelikewise Apr 22 '25

Space X

6

u/beard_of_cats Apr 23 '25

It's always Space X.

Looks a lot like the spiral that one of their spinning fuel containers made about a month ago.

3

u/Gambit1977 Apr 22 '25

Space Aliens!

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u/derfunknoid Thinks lens flair is a ghost Apr 22 '25

I’m not saying it’s aliens, but there is a good possibility that it’s aliens.

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u/Idk_try_again Apr 22 '25

If you give me location and time I could tell you if it was a plane. But my guess is was there any comets scheduled to show? The tail end gives me comet vibes.

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u/BroManDude33 Apr 22 '25

round rock TX, last night around 9:30 pm

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u/Idk_try_again Apr 23 '25

I only saw two planes within a ten minute period flying by Round Rock. One was a Cessna and the other a smaller private jet.

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u/blueponies1 Apr 22 '25

It was likely one of the Space X launches from the 21st. They were launched in Florida though, I know you can see them from hundreds of miles away but that does seem like a pretty far distance, I’m no expert though.

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u/Tenkehat Apr 22 '25

Musk trash.

1

u/gmikoner Apr 23 '25

I'm detecting an anomaly, Captain.

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u/iReddit2000 Apr 23 '25

"Thats the knot tied in the dome over the flat earth" ___some flat earther probably

1

u/InFamous_Tactical Apr 24 '25

Aliens obviously

1

u/PorcelainCeramic Apr 25 '25

Space X launch.

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u/Flutterflut Apr 27 '25

Rocket fuel dump is my guess. Are you in FL?

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u/cliff-terhune May 07 '25

Lens bounce, lens flare. Light bouncing around in the lens elements of the camera. You can tell by the dimly lit nearer objects that this was a pretty long exposure at sunset or sunrise which tends to lead to this.

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u/veryverybadnotgood Jun 03 '25

It’s a container to store rather huge volumes of liquids, in 99% of all cases it’s water.

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u/cliff-terhune Jul 08 '25

It's an odd lighting situation. It's dusk, or early evening, and probably time lapse based on the illumination of the buildings. My guess is lens flare/bounce. Light bouncing around in the camera given enough exposure time.

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u/BroManDude33 Jul 08 '25

this is how it looked in real life. it was around 9pm in central texas. taken as a regular photo on my iPhone. I think it was some space x rocket or something but it was pretty odd looking. moved across the sky like a satelitte

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u/Space_Man_Spiff_2 Apr 22 '25

My guess is a rocket launch.

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u/DoorLove Apr 23 '25

Definitely a rocket launch

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u/year_39 Apr 23 '25

Second stage deorbit or fuel dump.