Thanks to the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog the worlds smallest digital camera can be yours for $100 US. Measuring 1 1/8″ x 1″ x 1 1/16″ the 2 megapixel camera stores it’s not so tiny photos and videos on a MicroSD card ranging in size up to 32Gb.

While Hammacher Schlemmer doesn’t provide any sample images taken by the diminutive snapper, you can probably safely assume from its size and price tag that its image quality falls somewhere in the toy digi-cam range. Especially with the proliferation of high quality cell phone cameras, this probably won’t be the next big thing in collecting evidence of ghosts, UFOs, or cryptids, but it’s small size may be a boon to investigators looking to sneak a camera in where it isn’t wanted. In that case the best camera is truly the one in your hand. Even if you aren’t looking to blow the lid off a global conspiracy, The World’s Smallest Camera certainly is an interesting conversation piece and would make an excellent gift (especially for the shutterbug that has everything).

The World’s Smallest Camera [via Gizmodo]

photo courtesy of Darlene Stewart

Residents of the rural community of Harbour Mille in Newfoundland were shocked when they saw strange objects streaking up from the ocean Monday night. Darlene Stewart spotted the mysterious object while out taking photographs of the sunset. Shaken by the sighting, she called her neighbor Emmy Pardy and her husband. All told, the trio witnessed three of the objects flying up from the sea. Pictures taken by Mrs. Stewart show a long possibly cylindrically shaped object trailed by smoke or fire (which doesn’t rule out a missile launch). The witnesses reported that the objects made no noise as the flew across the sky. The incident was investigated by the local police who “confirmed that it was something”, but refuse to elaborate further on the incident, instead referring further questions to the Department of National Defense. Officials from the DND have refused to comment on the incident leaving the quiet community wondering what it is they saw.

DND, RCMP mum on UFO mystery [via Chris Holly's Paranormal World]

The picture below was taken by Flickr user Magic_lamp while on a RyanAir fight from Portugal to the UK this May. He says, that despite being very cliche for this type of photo, he did not notice the dark spot in the upper left of the image along the curvature of the earth when he took the photograph.

At first glance, it appears to be a speck of something stuck to the window of the plane, but as you look closer it become apparent that what ever was there was not stuck to the plane. When you blow up the object things begin to get interesting…

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