Orb Crescents in Perplexing Patterns Showing Radial Symmetry

Photo date: September 12, 2015. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photos below were taken while photographing ordinary drops of pure, clean water falling against a dark featureless background. Each of these photos will show the strange things I call orb crescents.  Very strangely, each photo will show these strange objects arranged in a pattern known as radial symmetry. Radial symmetry is the type of symmetry shown in a starfish or in the sections of an orange when you look at an orange that is cut in half.

Here is the first photo. Notice how the inner part of all the orb crescents is pointed away from the center of the photo.

Here is the second photo. Again, notice how the inner part of all the orb crescents is pointed away from the center of the photo.

Here is the third photo. Again, notice how the inner part of all the orb crescents is pointed away from the center of the photo.

See this link for 5 other photos showing the same thing (and even more clearly) -- orb crescents arranged in a pattern showing radial symmetry.