Striped So Strangely

 Photo date: February 26, 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.  We see orbs with two stripes,with the lower stripe having a broken appearance looking kind of like this: ---- -- ------.

A Multicolored Striped Sky Orb

Photo date: May 3, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin,

The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed in the sky.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.

This is the 33nd time I have photographed a mysterious orb with a slash-like stripe stretching from the top right part of the orb to the lower bottom part. This repeating pattern is one of 26 repeating patterns I have observed in mysterious orbs I have photographed.  You can see many examples of each of these patterns by looking at this post.

The Sky Orb's Twisty Stripe

Photo date: April 23, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious sky orb I photographed, one with a winding stripe.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.,

A Striped Sky Orb

Photo date: March 25, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious striped orb I photographed in the sky last night.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.

"Belt" of the Baffling Ball

Photo date: February 14, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed in the sky. Like 21 other mysterious orbs I have photographed, this orb has a belt-like horizontal stripe (along with a little X inside it).

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.

Orbs with horizontal stripes near their center are one of 25 recurring patterns in mysterious orbs I have photographed. The visual below shows examples of each of these patterns, and how many occurrences of the patterns I have photographed.  You can see many examples of each of these patterns by looking at this post.

Strange Sky Orbs

Photo date: January 19, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows some mysterious orbs I photographed in the sky. Three of the orbs have stripes.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.

Odd Sky Orbs

The photos below show strange sky orbs that I photographed between December 14, 2017 and December 16, 2017.   The top two have stripes.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation when I took these photos.

A Striped Multicolored Sky Orb

Photo date: November 30, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a striped orb I photographed in the sky.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.

Night Anomalies

Photo date: September 29, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photos below shows various mysterious orbs I photographed last night, on a night when the moon was only slightly larger than a half moon.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.

The Sky Orb's Striped Triangle

Photo date: September 26, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows  a mysterious sky orb I photographed. Besides a big thick stripe, we see a silver colored triangle inside the orb. Note the red color behind the triangle.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.

The 17th Orb with a Belt-Like Stripe

Photo date: August 29, 2017.  Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed indoors. It is the 17th mysterious orb I have photographed with a belt-like horizontal stripe.

This pattern is one of of 21 recurring patterns I have noticed in mysterious orbs I have photographed. The grid below summarizes each of these patterns, and how many times each have been photographed. Click here to see multiple examples of each of these patterns.

Spooky Streaks

The photos below show three strange striped orbs I photographed on March 24, 2017,  March 29, 2017, and March 6, 2017.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation when the middle photo was taken (the other two were taken indoors).

A Striped Sky Orb

Photo date: January 16, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a striped sky orb I photographed above a school in New York City.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.

A Multicolored Striped Orb

Photo date: August 2, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a multicolored orb I photographed in the sky. We see a strange stripe.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.

Striped Sky Orb Floats Mysteriously

Photo date: June 16, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a striped orb in the sky. I seem to be photographing these striped orbs more and more often, as you can see here.  I have other photos showing sky orbs with stripes about the same width as this one.

The photo above is a closeup of the top of the photo below (I used the IrfanView "Auto-adjust colors" menu option on the closeup).

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation on this night.

Another Striped Sky Orb

Photo date: April 7, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a strange striped orb that I photographed in the sky.  It is one of several such orbs I have photographed in the sky, as you can see here. We see an unusual combination of colors, including red and green. Is that an eye peering at us?

There was no rain, fog, mist or precipitation on this night. The air quality listed on airnow.gov was "good," with a rating of 31.