I have video surveillance with motion detection set up on our cottage, it's a treat to watch the wildlife take over the garden when we are not there. But once in a while something curious happens: two small orbs, or lights, start to move up and down in complete synchronicity. It defies all logic, occurs only intermittently and after a while I started considering the possibility that I was being visited by some alien intelligence that only shows itself at night in remote wilderness locations.
Until I realized that it was a strand of a spiders wed that, when suspended in front of the camera in an arch, causes the infrared light of the camera to reflect back at two points. As the wind blows gently the reflections move up and down.
It is with mixed feelings, both satisfaction and dismay, I accept that the mystery is no more.
Until I realized that it was a strand of a spiders wed that, when suspended in front of the camera in an arch, causes the infrared light of the camera to reflect back at two points. As the wind blows gently the reflections move up and down.
It is with mixed feelings, both satisfaction and dismay, I accept that the mystery is no more.