Perplexing Orb Rings

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

The photo below was taken while photographing ordinary drops of pure, clean water falling against a dark featureless background. We see here another example of the strange phenomenon I call orb rings, which are also shown in this series of 16 photos.  A typical orb ring consists of a single dark area inside a circular white orb, often in the center, but sometimes on the edge. Such a dark area may seem to resemble something. In this example, the two dark areas almost seem to resemble animal faces.

Below is another example of the same strange phenomenon, with an additional element of weirdness. We see three orb rings, and next to each is a strange sword-like object. Nothing but ordinary water was being photographed.