Striped Orb in Grand Central

Photo date: June 13, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows an unusual striped orb floating at the top of Grand Central Terminal in New York.

Below is a closeup. In recent weeks I have photographed this type of orb more and more frequently, both indoors and in the night sky. Often there is a single wide stripe that stretches from one side of the orb to the other.  The stripe is typically about a seventh as wide as the orb.  See here for other examples.