we were not in the state of mind to process this when we came across it. we had to make sure everyone in the group was seeing what we were seeing. what is this??
This happened in my neighborhood when they replaced the old street lights with LED street lights that are actually a grid of LEDs. Each light in the grid casts a shadow.
i got the time to do that finally this year and it was awesome!! the moon casting shadows inside of shadows wasnt a phenomenon that made my brain feel like it was going insane, it naturally made a lot of sense to me!! this was def a little contrary
It's more to do with the narrow beams of light filtering through the gaps in the trees, not the shadows. Each beam is the shape of the light source. You get a similar effect during a partial solar eclipse where each light beam is a partial circle instead of the circle we're used to seeing.
this is the correct answer. I noticed this phenomenon at my work. After recording a video similar to OPs and puzzling over it for a while, I realized it was a grid of LEDs. And like you said, each one is casting its own light and making its own shadow.
no, it was around 4 am this morning in dallas. the lighting present is from street lights. it makes sense to me with the moon causing “shadows in the shadows”. i dont understand how street lights managed this.
LED street lights do this. They're actually a bunch of tiny lights that overlap and you can see the pattern when the light is partially obscured by leaves.
All those comparing it to solar eclipse are right. During a solar eclipse the spaces between the leaves make what amounts to hundreds of little camera obscuras (basically pinhole cameras).
These pinholes project the light source onto the “screen” of the ground. During an eclipse, they project tiny images of the eclipse — in this case, they’re projecting whatever the light source is (I’m guessing it’s the street lights).
Leaves aren't solid; they have small spaces between them, forming many tiny "pinholes". These gaps act like pin hole cameras or camera obscura - focusing an inverted image of the LEDs in the street light.
What you’re looking at is not really the sun it’s a group of 6 sided panels group together to emulate the sun. solar array that generate light to emulate the sun. that’s why you have more than one focal point.
This happened in my neighborhood when they replaced the old street lights with LED street lights that are actually a grid of LEDs. Each light in the grid casts a shadow.
this makes so much sense!! thank you for making me not feel like my brain is slow
Go outside during a solar eclipse, under every tree will be a million tiny little crescents 🌙 in the leaves shadows.
i got the time to do that finally this year and it was awesome!! the moon casting shadows inside of shadows wasnt a phenomenon that made my brain feel like it was going insane, it naturally made a lot of sense to me!! this was def a little contrary
Haha yeah I can see that, it’s weird to have the natural world suddenly pixelate on you!
especially while we all were already tripping lol, quite a thing the universe put in our path during that experience but i appreciated it!
It's more to do with the narrow beams of light filtering through the gaps in the trees, not the shadows. Each beam is the shape of the light source. You get a similar effect during a partial solar eclipse where each light beam is a partial circle instead of the circle we're used to seeing.
this is the correct answer. I noticed this phenomenon at my work. After recording a video similar to OPs and puzzling over it for a while, I realized it was a grid of LEDs. And like you said, each one is casting its own light and making its own shadow.
I noticed this when my neighborhood went to LED elements as well. It looks very trippy when the leaves are moving in the breeze.
I was going to say multiple light sources.
I think someone turned down your shadow quality
Was there a partial solar eclipse happening in your area? It's trippy, but this is a normal and fascinating phenomenon under the right conditions.
no, it was around 4 am this morning in dallas. the lighting present is from street lights. it makes sense to me with the moon causing “shadows in the shadows”. i dont understand how street lights managed this.
You clearly need more vram in your brain to increase the shadow map quality, or you might be using some bad upscaling technique
damn, must have been bc of that mushroom i ate. they told me not to drink the koolaid aHh
LED street lights do this. They're actually a bunch of tiny lights that overlap and you can see the pattern when the light is partially obscured by leaves.
All those comparing it to solar eclipse are right. During a solar eclipse the spaces between the leaves make what amounts to hundreds of little camera obscuras (basically pinhole cameras).
These pinholes project the light source onto the “screen” of the ground. During an eclipse, they project tiny images of the eclipse — in this case, they’re projecting whatever the light source is (I’m guessing it’s the street lights).
Leaves aren't solid; they have small spaces between them, forming many tiny "pinholes". These gaps act like pin hole cameras or camera obscura - focusing an inverted image of the LEDs in the street light.
You will see the same thing during an eclipse like in this post from a few years ago.
That is crazy looking. It looks like the same thing you would see during a solar eclipse.
pinhole projection, also known as r/CameraObscura
Its a really neat optics effect.
This is caused by LED streetlights. The lights are an array of emitters in a small grid hence the pattern.
Because of LED array streetlights
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i have and the fish swimming down a river comparison is fascinating!! i like the way your brain works friend
When pc not strong enough to handle high shadow so you lower it to low
Reality buffering
What you’re looking at is not really the sun it’s a group of 6 sided panels group together to emulate the sun. solar array that generate light to emulate the sun. that’s why you have more than one focal point.
Staring up at black walnut leaves always makes my eyes fuzzzzzzzy
I call those tripping trees love then when your stonned XD
It's confirmed, we live in Unreal Engine 5.
Turn on better resolution of on shadows. I think pixel density on dithering making those visuals. Try to disable upscaling too. xD
The superposition of many overlapping shadows cast by a grid of point light sources.
The matrix glitched out and certain things did not get a chance to properly render.
That's how trees looked on acid. I mean colors were there but it was a geometric kaleidoscope of triangles and shit
maybe i just caught my shroom trip on camera :o
Just like my Acid trips of old.
Unreal engine 3
When you have shaders turned on very low
This happens during solar eclipses. The streetlight is probably partially obscured creating the pattern
passing on the message :: its actually the panel of light inside of an led street lights causing 10s of shadows at different angles of the panel!!
IIRC, that video was taken during a solar eclipse The shadows are funky because the sun is mostly/fully blocked.
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LOL. Right memory, wrong video!
definitely was today in texas at 4 am, no solar eclipse!