Anyone know what this blip in the ISS orbit is?

:idea: A thought just occurred (shock horror!) - you can discount an aberation in the lens by shooting any Iridium flare. If the kink shows up in that, then I will publicly eat my hat!

Phil.

Hi,

I guess it was a sharp-eyed astronaut on the ISS avoiding some space debris!

John

Frank,
What kind of ground was the tripod on when you took the picture.?

Sand.

Its definatly something to do with the area I circled.
Now weather it's 'rods' or 'bugs' or 'hairs' or ruptures in the
space time continuum is anyones guess at this stage.

Does the ISS ever do a crazy shift of the solar panels or the like?
(not that I'm saying thats what it is, it's just the thought had crossed my mind
could some maneuver like that ever be recorded on film?)

Its actually a TINY flaw in the glass (it almost looks like a hair, but it's
definatly either convex or concave, I can't tell witch)
The light is bending around it.

Any flaws on the lens would not cause a localized effect like this, specially at full aperture unless it is near the focal plane(as Philip said above). However local defects on the glass/filter protecting the CCD/CMOS however would.
I would say it was a camera movement or maybe a blast of warm air causing some a short lived distortion???

I did get a similar "kink" in a poorly focused image of the ISS last christmas. This I am sure was caused by a slight movement of the camera.

So..
if its not a hair on the lense
could it be someting actually on the chip?