Orbs of Light Surround the Empire State Building

Photo date: September 4, 2015. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below was taken on 9:13 PM, and shows the Empire State Building in New York.  We see a swarm of mysterious orbs, which have a variety of colors, including orange, purple, blue, and green. Right-click to see the photo at its full resolution.

Below is a closeup of the orange orb. It has a feature that looks a bit like some strange face, but it is too hard to see the details.

The next photo, also taken at 9:13, also showed various colorful orbs.

The next photo, also taken at 9:13, was a "cardboard test." As I so often do when I am photographing many orbs, I took out a piece of cardboard and photographed it at arm's length, to see whether I would see any sign of particles in front of the cardboard. No such orbs appeared in front of the cardboard. This test has never shown any orbs during any of the many times I have tried it, which is a strong indication that the orbs I was not photographing were not dust or any other particles near the camera.

There was no fog, mist, rain, or precipitation on this night. The air quality listed on airnow.gov was "good," with a rating of 35.