Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Theory Buster

As I discussed in great detail in this post, there are many observational facts that refute the theory that paranormal-looking orbs are just specks of dust a few inches away from the camera. One of the more dramatic of these things is when an orb photographer gets a picture of an orb behind a distant obstruction. I have quite a few such photos, in my 28 posts labeled "air orb too distant to be dust."

The very successful orb photographer Yvonne Scouller just released a very sharp photo of this type, which can be examined by using this link. For another equally dramatic photo of the same type by this photographer, see this link. Both of these very clearly show orbs at least 12 inches from the camera, which clearly refute the concept that orbs are little specks of dust floating two or three inches from the camera lens.  (See this post for links to Scouller's photo stream and lots of other sites by paranormal photographers.)

Could a skeptic salvage such a theory by imagining bigger specks of dust? No, he couldn't, because the maximum size of airborne dust particles is about 1 millimeter (the size of the period at the end of this sentence). To explain photos like the photos above, you would need airborne dust specks the size of baseballs, which simply don't exist.


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