Is This Orb the Spirit of Columbus?

Photo date: August 18, 2015. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

At the center of Columbus Circle in New York City is a large elevated statue of Christopher Columbus. In the photo below we see a bright orb floating just above the statue of Columbus.  Is this the spirit of Columbus? We will never know.

 This photo was taken at 9:40, and a photo taken earlier at 9:40 (from the same angle) showed no such orb.

There was no fog, mist, rain, or precipitation on this night.  The air quality listed on airnow.gov was "good," with a level of 50.