Not that it's correctly-done, but I agree that the gray and black wires look like camera wiring. Of course, the fact that an orange extension cord is connected like that, with no in-use cover, in an area with heavy sunlight is the bigger issue.
I'll bet that is a cheapo import extension cord (most colored ones are). There's probably 50 feet of it coiled up on the roof, sitting in puddles, exposed to maximum UV and probably sun bleached/cracked all over it's length by now. I am also confident that the receptacle isn't GFI protected, I mean this installation would have to be plagued with nuisance tripping if it was.
I am sure that their excuse for this will be one of the following:
"Yes, we know. It hasn't been approved to be done correctly until our next budget comes around";
"The guy who did it said he would come back to do it right but never did";
"The maintenance department is working on it";
"Maintenance says that they are waiting for special-order parts";
"It's so high up, nobody can get shocked from it way up there";
"What's wrong with it? It is a grounded extension cord".
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The one I hear all time that wasn't mentioned
"But sir, it's only temporary"
