Rochelle WebCam

[alangj]

Is anyone else seeing a moving white image or pattern against the dark foliage at the far left of the Rochelle WebCam image? When I first looked at the WebCam at about 4:00 Saturday, it was quite noticible. I thought it might be windblown exhaust smoke from an idling BNSF train just off-frame, but a fast BNSF WB intermodal went by just then, and the image persisted after the train cleared the diamonds. Could this be some electrical interference from something nearby? (Maybe someone's burning leaves already somewhere across the tracks to the south side.) Just curious.

Alan
Evergreen Park, IL

[alangj]

Given what the "flare" in the camera lens looks like at 5:30 PM, with it looking right toward the setting sun, I suspect that what I was seeing 90 minutes ago was a similar sort of glare pattern caused by sunlight showing through the tops of those trees on the south side of the tracks, with the motion provided by the wind on the upper branches. No mystery, no smoke. Comments?

Alan