Some Were Like Hydrogen, Others Like Helium and Others Like Lithium

 Photo date: January 21, 2021. Photographer: Mark Mahin.   

I took the photos below while photographing only ordinary drops of pure, clean water falling in front of a black featureless background.  On this day I got a pattern that reminded me of a hydrogen atom, in which a single electron orbits a nucleus:

Then there were orbs that reminded me of a helium atom, which has two electrons orbiting its nucleus:

Then there were orbs that reminded me of a lithium atom, which has three electrons orbiting its nucleus: