Monday, March 30, 2015

Bright Orb Making Sharp Right-Angle Turn

Photo date: February 20, 2015. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below was taken in Grand Central Station in New York.

moving orb in Grand Central Station
Below is a closeup of the object near the center of the photo:

moving orb in Grand Central Station

What we seem to have here is the photographic effect known as ghosting, when something is photographed moving much faster than the camera's shutter speed. The orb seems to be making a sharp right-angle turn. See my posts labeled "orb right angle turn" for many similar examples.

A photo like this offers 3 types of evidence that the orb is not a speck of dust: (1) the brightness of the orb (dust particles never look this bright); (2) the speed of the orb (which seems to be moving many times faster than the average speed of indoor dust particle, which is only 2 miles an hour; (3) the sharp right angle turn (a type of motion that dust specks never make).

This is the same type of motion shown in many other photos on this site. To see other examples, see my posts labeled "speeding air orb," or look at the composite photo below (showing only my own photos).

moving speeding orb


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