it is a remote station that is part of the alertcalifornia system, which is essentially a giant network of backcountry cameras on peaks that can be used to spot wildfires and other remote natural disasters (like avalanches and landslides) and events (like freak weather or celestial type stuff).   /?pos=37.2382_-119.0000_5 this one is the second camera located at verdugo peak (at an elevation of 3063 feet) and that screenshot was taken at 6:17pm on 1/7/25. what it shows is that there was either a giant, giant singular column of flame/light at that time, which is very unusual for fire behavior, and i believe that anon is implying that that is an indicator that some type of dew/laser based weapon is being used here and we are catching a part of it in this frame. these two pictures aren't in the exact same position (the x, y, and z axes are all a little bit different), but given that this is a fixed and not 360 camera, it is relatively the same shot. they look all squiggly in in     , because i am assuming the constant 60+ mph winds don't help for getting stable shots; so that may be why a big flame on a ridge, now appears like a huge column of flame or light, but that doesn't explain why we only see one huge one and bunch of smaller dotted ones that are the same relative size.... i don't know shit about any of this until i started searching things from the pic's labels. and so, as always, if this jives with your line of thinking and reasoning, then cool; if you know a lot more than me and you think what i've written is bullshit, you're probably right, so please let the rest of us know so we can all learn and better ourselves. either way: apply yourself. because one day they'll shut this place down, and we won't have our anon network to help do the heavy lifting for each of us.
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