It's a mirror ball. The camera and ball are hooked to a tripod. I use the timer so I can get out of the way. A little touch up to remove the camera from the image. An important point is that the probe rig was facing east, so the center of the picture is actually the west. Remember this is a photo of a mirror. It takes a bit of fiddling to correct the color of the ball. Uncorrected everthing looks way too blue, like it was taken in florescent light. Nerd3D