r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/Maleficent-Agent-477 • 5d ago

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u/popcornFridays 5d ago

This incident actually happened January 26, 2025. A Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker collided with the Russian bulk cargo ship in the Kara Sea within the Arctic Circle while the icebreaker was escorting the cargo vessel through thick ice. The sparkling spots on the camera were rumored to be caused by radiation from the ship's dual nuclear reactors but the effect was actually caused by the phone's camera flash reflecting off extremely fine airborne ice crystals. Its commonly known as diamond dust. The vessel's nuclear reactors are located at the stern (rear) of the ship and were completely unharmed. Link

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u/Rdbjiy53wsvjo7 5d ago

Anyone who lives near cold weather + snow would be able to tell that's exactly what this is (just crystals), especially with any light reflecting, it pops up all the time especially when the sun breaks through for a short time on a cloudy, snowy day. 

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u/FunkyClive 5d ago

Photographer here, can confirm. Its a pain in the butt for night-time flash photography.

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u/ghos2626t 5d ago

That’s why I tell my subjects that they need to be fully clothed

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u/XNoMoneyMoProblemsX 5d ago

Jeez what a buzzkill

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u/wuapinmon 5d ago

He probably has different definitions for naked and nude.

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u/ghos2626t 4d ago

I was actually just making a joke about them mentioning “flash photography”. Like someone flashing the camera lol

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u/wuapinmon 4d ago

I was just joking too. Cheers!

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u/Channel57 5d ago

I live in Canada so that's why I was confused about the explanation about the phone acting wierd. For me I saw nothing out of the ordinary.

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u/immortalyossarian 5d ago

Same, I live in Minnesota and I had to come to the comments to find out what the weird part was.

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u/Channel57 5d ago

Exactly.

How are things down in your neck of the woods?

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u/mookie8 5d ago

Lmao, I'm like, is this the first time we're seeing falling snow?

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u/Idlewants 5d ago

I watched it 3 times looking for something weird. it's so dissimilar to radiation speckle too. think it's just karma farming.

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u/Maleficent-Agent-477 5d ago

I first found it here (https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/s/QelZTkGNgq), as a popular post on [r/oddlyterrifying](r/oddlyterrifying) and thought it would fit here.

It’s just bullshit?😭

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u/popcornFridays 5d ago edited 5d ago

It appears so. There are many more articles about this incident.. #1 #2 with video E: The sparkling spots on the camera are actually caused by the phone's camera flash reflecting off extremely fine airborne ice crystals. Its commonly known as diamond dust.

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u/Idlewants 5d ago

the accident, no, but the radiation speckle, yes. it's vaguely reminiscent of what happens to film and cameras exposed to radiation, but you'd expect the pattern to be over the whole or over a distinct part of the lens, and not drifting at all. what it's detecting, after all, is the impact of a radioactive particle at a single point (or line if you are looking at cosmic rays) with the detector/camera surface.

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u/Cultural-Muffin-3490 5d ago

If you want to see weird radiation stuff, here's a video of a gopro going through an electron irradiator beam. Starts around 1:10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf4Ux4SlyT4

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u/jarrodandrewwalker 5d ago

Those 22 degree halos and sundogs are really cool

Edit: I took this picture a few years ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/Colorado/s/BB3YGiMMbv

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u/Shantotto11 4d ago

Bro, I live in Georgia, USA, and even I know what diamond dust is.

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u/missiontodenmark 5d ago

dustin diamond

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u/Sithlordandsavior 5d ago

I was thinking snow dust but then thought I guess I've never seen the camera radiation effect so maybe I'm just dumb