Confounding Cluster

Photo date: August 18, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a kind of ring of sky orbs near a building in New York City.

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

Like a Ring of Children Surrounding Their Parents

Photo date: August 17, 2015. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo shows the Schwarzman  branch of the New York Public library. We see in the top left corner what looks like a ring of orbs surrounding two big orbs in the center. It reminds me of a ring of children surrounding their parents.

The photo above was taken at 9:11, and a photo taken a few seconds earlier (also at 9:11) was of a piece of cardboard at arm's length. As always, this photo showed no orbs in front of the cardboard, indicating that I was not photographing particles (such as dust) near the camera.

There was no fog, mist, rain, or precipitation on this night.  The air quality listed on airnow.gov was moderate, with a rating of 51 (just above the level of 50 that would qualify as good).