[The_Colonel]

The article suggests the drones appear during nighttime with which cameras will struggle. "low" is relative and can mean 200 meters which would be very difficult even for regular cameras (without a tripod), let alone a smartphone.

[jahnu]

Even taking a picture of the moon with a typical phone results in a white mushy blob.

[diggan]

I like that parent said "200 meters" and then you give a "even" example with the distance of ~400,000 kilometers :)

[rmbyrro]

Compared to the radius of the known Universe, it's in the ballpark

[eitland]

Then again the moon is a few times bigger than a typical drone and much brighter.

The point is: the moon is easier to spot, moves less and emits more light.

[jahnu]

Haha fair enough :D

[DaiPlusPlus]

Unless you have a Samsung phone…

https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/13/23637401/samsung-fake-moo...

[HPsquared]

This technology may well "fill in the blanks" with small flying objects too. Make them look like the most common i.e. airliner or helicopter.