Monday, August 29, 2016

Call It the Love Orb

Photo date: August 28, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows an orb I photographed indoors. We seem to see a speeding orb that has made an incredibly sharp turn. The end result resembles a heart shape.

You can measure the angle of an orb turn. A turn of 120 degrees is not so remarkable -- an insect could probably do that. But once you get to a 90-degree turn (a right-angle turn) you have a turn too sharp for an insect to make.  In this case we have a turn of about 70 degrees, a turn way too sharp for any insect to ever make.

heart shaped orb

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