Two B's in This Striped Orb

Photo date: April 7, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed at Grand Central Terminal in New York. Besides a strange stripe,  there are two letter B's you can see if you look closely and tilt your head a bit to the left.  One of the B's is below the center of the stripe, while another is above the center of the stripe.

This is the third time I have photographed a mysterious orb with this pattern, which I call the "two-thirds of a Y" pattern (because it looks like a Y missing its left third).  Below are two other examples of the same pattern.

They Seem to Love Old Buildings

Photo date: April 25, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The top photo shows a bright orb in Grand Central Terminal in New York, while the bottom photo shows a blue orb in the nearby Schwarzman branch of the New York Public Library (a frequent orb hangout, as shown here).  Orbs seem to prefer old buildings like this. Another old building where I often photograph them is the American Museum of Natural History (as shown here).

Orbs Haunt the Library

Photo date: April 18, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

Besides photographing mysterious orbs in great abundance in Grand Central Terminal in New York City, I often photograph these strange luminosities in the nearby Schwarzman branch of the New York Public Library. Below are two examples.

The one on the left is an example of what I call a sawed orb, and looks like the ones shown in this series of photos.  I have 4 previous times photographed orbs at the arch shown on the right, as you can see here.

Another "String of Pearls" Moving Orb

Photo date: April 1, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below was taken at the Stephen Schwarzman branch of the New York Public Library. We see a blue moving orb.  The camera seems to have captured multiple position states of a single moving object. It is an effect I call the orb "string of pearls" effect, because the different position states looks like pearls in a pearl necklace.

The photo below shows the larger photo from which this photo was cropped.

I have 33 times photographed this "string of pearls" effect, as you can see from this series of photos. This is the second time I have photographed this effect in the very clean front lobby of the Schwarzman branch.

Floating Orb Once Again Appears at an Arch

Photo date: March 9, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

Besides photographing mysterious floating orbs in astonishing abundance in Grand Central Terminal in New York, I also photograph them fairly regularly in the nearby Stephen Schwarzman branch of the New York Public Library (and also in the American Museum of Natural History).   In this previous post I showed seven orbs floating at a particular arch in the Schwarzman building.  Below is another photograph showing a blue orb floating at the same arch.

Blue Orb Floats Above the Christmas Tree

Photo date: December 30, 2015. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

Besides photographing orbs in astonishing abundance in Grand Central Terminal in New York, I also photograph them fairly regularly in the nearby Stephen Schwartzman branch of the New York Public Library (as you can see by looking at this  interesting series of photos).  Below we see a Christmas tree at this place. Above the tree floats a blue orb.

Below is a closeup of the orb. It looks rather like a face tilted to the left.

If you click on the link above, and scroll down, you will see another example of a blue orb floating near the Christmas tree at this library.

Orbs Love This Arch

Photo date: November 28, 2015. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

Besides photographing orbs in astonishing abundance in Grand Central Terminal in New York, I also photograph them fairly regularly in the nearby Stephen Schwarzman branch of the New York Public Library (as you can see by looking at this  interesting series of photos).  Recently I have repeatedly photographed orbs near one beautiful arch at this place.

Here is one photo from November 28:

Here is another from the same day:

Here is another from the same day, showing 3 orbs at this spot.

Here is a photo from November 5 showing two orbs in front of this arch.

Below is a closeup of the orb in the second photo (I used the IrfanView "Auto-adjust colors" menu option on the closeup).  We see the outer ring commonly seen in orbs.

Is That You, Liberace?

Photo date: September 22, 2015. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

Liberace was an extremely popular pianist who loved to perform with a candelabrum near his piano. In this photo taken in the Schwarzman branch of the New York Public Library, we see a mysterious orb appearing between two candelabra.

Is That You, Samuel Tilden?

Photo date: August 11, 2015. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below was taken  in the main branch of the New York Public Library.  We see a portrait of Samuel Tilden, a 19th-century governor of New York State who won the popular vote in the US presidential election, but who was denied the presidency because of the electoral college system and backroom dealings.  Next to the portrait, we see a blue orb.

On April 2, 2015 I photographed another orb next to this same painting.

Paranormal Patron?

Photo date: May 28, 2015. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

Orbs seems to love old places with lots of marble. I photograph tons of orbs at Grand Central Station, and I also get quite a few of them in the marble-rich environment of the main branch of the New York Public Library. Below is an orb that I photographed at that location. My camera seems to have caught an orb moving around at a fast speed, in an undulating motion.

A Dramatic "String of Pearls" Moving Orb

Photo date: May 10, 2015.  Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below was taken in the lobby of the main branch of the New York Public Library.

We seem to see a very dramatic example of a moving orb.  In the effect that photographers call "ghosting," the camera seems to have captured at least five position states of a single orb moving very fast.  The orb seems to have made not just one sharp right-angle turn, but two sharp-right angle turns. This type of motion is naturally inexplicable, and is never made by dust, insects, or birds.

This photo shows a dramatic "string of pearls" effect that has been captured by other orb photographers.

The full original photo (uploaded directly from the camera, with the original EXIF info) can be downloaded by clicking this link. The photo below shows part of the full original photo.

No insects or birds were observed at this location, which was a very clean spot.

Orb in the Library

Photo date: April 2, 2015.   Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below was taken in the the lobby of the main branch of the New York Public Library.

The orb on the left is so small it would not deserve a post, but the one on the right was about 10% of the photo height, not something we can plausibly explain as a dust speck in a spot this dust free. The exact spot the photo was taken was particularly dust free, being twenty feet above the ground, and far away from any books.

Orbs at the New York Public Library Main Branch

Photo date: December 11, 2014.  Photographer: Mark Mahin.

Grand Central Station is not the only New York City landmark where I have photographed orbs. This photo of two orbs was taken at one of the beautiful entrances of the main branch of the New York Public Library.

The orbs seem to love old places, not glittering new places. I get tons of orbs in Grand Central Station, but none in Times Square.

"Cute" Orb Floating Next to Christmas Tree

Photo date: December 11 2014. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

Below is a photo taken of a Christmas tree in the main branch of the New York Public Library (the famous building with the lions statues in front).

Here is a closeup of the little blue orb shown next to tree, a photo cropped from the photo above: