Snapshot Serengeti Talk

Purple spot?

  • vindkatte by vindkatte

    The flank looks bruised? Disease? Hurt?

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  • wilderzone by wilderzone moderator

    I think it's a lens flare. Hard to tell where the sun in at in this photo, but if it's up and left, that could create a flare like this.

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  • ajg by ajg

    I concur with wilderzone -- that's a typical lens flare.

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  • vindkatte by vindkatte

    Yes, that could be. It seemed unlikely to me because of the dark, black lines running around the left side and the purple moving with the flank. But as I've never seen something like thisbefore, a lens flare might be the best explanation. 😃

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  • DanishDyna by DanishDyna

    If it's a lens flare it's behaving very oddly as it moves together with the wildebeest.

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