Mysterious moon appearance in photographs?

Question

In the middle of this past July, my family an I were vacationing in Lake Tahoe. When we went out on our pier to watch the full moon rise one evening, my aunt took a picture of the lake around dusk before the moon had risen. When she looked at the image on her camera, the moon was visible rising over the mountains. We took several pictures on two seperate cameras, and the moon-like object could consistently be seen in the same place over the mountains while remaining invisible to the naked eye. When the moon finally rose it was in a completely different place- appearing on over the mountains opposite us on the east shore of the lake rather than the image our cameras picked up rising over the mountains on the south-east shore. I've googled this a couple of times but can't seem to find an explanation.

Answer 1

just like the lights people see and follow and never can reach them in the desert that phenomena is to be from lights else where and is reflected off our atmosphere back down hundreds of miles away so if i was to guess what you witness this would be a reflection of the moon off our atmosphere  from where it was to where you were at that time hope this is what your hoping to hear try finding and looking  up those lights in the desert and it gives a explanation sorry i cant remember the site or id give it to you

Answer 2

No mystery.  There was a setting sun (as always when a full moon is rising).  This created reflections in the camera - a common problem.  

And you said "a moon like object" - that is not the same as "the moon", is it?

Show your pictures to a photographer - they will put you right.

Answer 3

Obviously, you've somehow managed to get your hands on two of those cameras that photograph the future. Would you be willing to sell one?

Answer 4

TELL ME MORE!!

Answer 5

reflections inside the camera lens.