Letters Inside the Bright Orb

Photo date: January 14, 2015.  Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The following photo was taken in Grand Central Station in New York. We see at the top a big bright orb which shows two distinctive characteristics of many orbs: a distinct ring around its edge, and a split aura of two different colors.

Below is a closeup.  An orb like this is way too bright to be a dust particle reflection.  When you get flash photos of dust particles, they don't look even a hundredth as bright as this.

If you look closely, you can seem to see three letters inside the orb: W, I, and M. Someone's initials, perhaps? Or maybe it's just a shorthand way of expressing a whimsical sentiment.