Portrait of the Inexplicable

Photo date: April 30, 2015. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

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

Below is a closeup of the anomalous object at the top of the photo above.

We see here what photographers call ghosting, when multiple position states of a speeding object are captured in a photo.  This seems to be an orb that is making an extremely sharp right-angle turn. We know of nothing in nature that moves like this.  Neither insects nor dust nor birds make turns this sharp.

For many similar photos, see this poster of 37 speeding orbs,  or watch this video showing 88 speeding orbs.