I placed my phone up against a beer can on a picnic table and set it for a 30-second nighttime exposure.

I am sometimes surprised by what it picks up that I cannot necessarily process with my own vision.

This capture absolutely floored me.

@TimAkimoff Amazing. What type of phone do you have?
@stadsplanering iPhone 14 Pro
@TimAkimoff same phone here. What software do you use for taking a long exposure?
@akahn Nope, just the night photography feature on the iPhone camera. Pulled the manual exposure to 30 seconds.
@TimAkimoff iiinteresting. Looks like mine only goes to 10 seconds (or it’s not dark enough in this closet where I’m testing)
@akahn Yes, same here. If you can get to a spot that’s dark enough, you can manually push it to 30 seconds.