A Striped Orb

 Photo date: June 4, 2023. Photographer: Mark Mahin. 

Below we see a mysterious orb I photographed indoors. This is the first clearly striped orb I have got in a long time. Years ago I used to get mysterious striped orbs in amazing numbers. By using the link here, and continuing to press Older Posts, you can see more than 700 photos I took of mysterious striped orbs. 

There is an interesting difference in color here: purple above the stripe, and blue below it. 

A Purple Striped Orb

Photo date: June 11, 2019. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed indoors.

Striped Sky Orbs

Photo date: February 28, 2019. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

Below we see two mysterious striped orbs that I photographed in the sky.

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

Striped Purple Sky Orbs

The photos below show two striped sky orbs I photographed in recent days.

There was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation when these photos were taken.

A Striped Sky Orb

Photo date: June 28, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious striped orb I photographed near the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York. It is one of 500+ mysterious striped orbs I have photographed (see here for other examples).

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

A Striped Sky Orb

Photo date: June 6, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious striped orb I photographed near a building in New York. See here for 126+ other mysterious striped orbs I have photographed with this type of "chord" stripe stretching from one point of the orb's edge to another point on the orb's edge.

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

Nocturnal Notch

Photo date: January 31, 2018. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows some blue sky orbs I photographed near a building in New York City. One of the orbs has a strange notch-like feature.

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

Below is another sky orb that had such a notch:

Striped Purple Sky Orb and Its Pink Pal

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

The photo below shows a mysterious purple sky orb with a stripe at its top. To its left is a pink orb.

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

Striped Sky Orbs Look Like Twins

The photos below show two mysterious orbs I photographed on April 10, 2017 and April 28, 2017 (two nights where there was no fog, mist, rain or precipitation).

The orb has the "corner chord" pattern I have 10 times previously photographed (as you can see here and here).

Below is my revised table of 20 repeating patterns in mysterious orbs I have photographed (most of the examples referred to below can be conveniently seen in this post).

Description	Cases	Comments	URL
Inverted Y	7	Rather like the lower case lambda character, part of the Greek alphabet	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-seventh-photo-ive-taken-of.html
Umbilical cord ( AKA "cul-de-sac")	10	Resembles an umbilical cord with a curved loop. Is it a symbol of motherhood?	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-10th-appearance-of-this-orb-motif.html
Curved stripe at top or bottom	10	May be on top or bottom of orb	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/01/high-enigma-of-striped-orb.html http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/07/more-striped-orbs_18.html  http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/occurrence-10-of-this-orb-pattern.html http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-9th-time-ive-seen-this-orb-pattern.html
Diagonal stripe	23	Goes from one side of orb to another, diagonally. Looks like a slash (not a backslash)	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-21st-mysterious-orb-ive.html http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/why-mysterious-orbs-arent-like.html  http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-23rd-diagonal-slash-stripe-in.html
Short diagonal stripe	5	Goes from top right corner toward center	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-5th-sky-orb-ive-photographed-with.html
Hose and circle	9	Looks like a ball that has fallen out of a tube	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-9th-time-ive-photographed-this.html
Slanted C	12	Looks like a C shape, tilted over quite a bit to the right	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-slanted-c-orb-pattern-keeps.html
Inverted V	7	Looks rather like the caret character (an inverted V)	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-7th-inverted-v-orb-ive-photographed.html
Hook-like stripe	4	Has a kind of candy-cane shape	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/07/another-orb-with-hook-like-stripe.html http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/11/strange-stripes-on-mysterious-orb.html  http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/07/blue-orbs-haunt-windows.html
Curvy 9 which fell down	2	Looks like a curvy nine which “fell down”	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/07/two-striped-orbs-with-same-fingerprint.html
4 stripes	2	Straight lines intersecting in a particular shape	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-same-strange-mark-on-two-striped.html
Broken squiggly T	3	One wiggly horizontal stripe at the top well above a vertical stripe at the bottom	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/07/reappearance-of-double-striped-orb.html
Hockey stick	2	A stripe with a shape resembling a hockey stick	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/02/another-hockey-stick-sky-orb.html
Backslash	7	Goes from one side of orb to another, diagonally. Looks like a backslash (not a slash)	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/02/night-of-backslash-sky-orbs.html http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/03/baffling-backslash-balls.html http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/another-backslash-sky-orb.html
Belt-like	14	A stripe goes from the left side of the orb to the right side, horizontally.	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/03/another-mysterious-orb-with-belt-like.html http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-belts-of-baffling-balls.html  http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/03/wall-wonders.html  http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/belts-of-baffling-balls.html
J-like	3	A stripe resembling the letter J.	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-third-j-letter-ive-photographed-in.html
Two-thirds of a Y	3	Resembles the letter Y with the left-most part missing	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/separated-at-birth.html http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/two-bs-in-this-striped-orbs.html
T with slanted top	3	Resembles the letter T, but with a slight break between the lines, and a slanted top that isn't wavy	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/recurring-orb-pattern-18.html
Corner chord	12	The corner of the orb has a line stretching from one point on the circumference of the orb to another point on the circumference	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-corner-chord-orb-pattern.html http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/freaky-but-familiar.html This post
Side curve	4	The orb has a curved stripe on its left or right side	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/04/side-curve-orbs.html

The Orb With a Diagonal Slash Inside the Orb With a Diagonal Slash

Photo date: March 17, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed in the sky. Like 17 other mysterious orbs I have photographed (as shown here), the purple orb has a diagonal stripe resembling a slash.  What is amazing here is that we see in the exact center of the orb another orb which also has a diagonal stripe resembling a slash.  It's kind of like a Matryoshka doll effect.

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

In a similar case of "strange anomaly inside a similar strange anomaly," ace orb photographer Andrea Corsick put up today a photo showing what looks like a mysterious green orb veil floating inside another mysterious green orb veil. The photo can be seen here (Facebook login may be required).

Was the Striped Sky Orb Checking Out the Gargoyles?

Photo date: January 13, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious striped sky orb near the Chrysler Building in New York. Maybe it was taking a peek at the gargoyles at the top of the building, two of which you can see as little gray blobs in this photo.

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

Another Sky Orb With a Diagonal Slash

Photo date: January 6, 2017. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a sky orb I photographed on a dry night with no fog, mist, rain or precipitation. Like 12 other orbs I have photographed, there is a diagonal stripe in the orb, like a slash.

Below are 10 other orbs I have photographed with a similar stripe.

Below is my revised table showing recurring patterns I have observed in mysterious orbs.  You can see almost all of the examples of these patterns by opening this post.

Description	Occurrences	Comments	URL
Inverted Y	7	Rather like the lower case lambda character, part of the Greek alphabet	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-seventh-photo-ive-taken-of.html
Umbilical cord ( AKA "cul-de-sac")	10	Resembles an umbilical cord with a curved loop. Is it a symbol of motherhood?	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-10th-appearance-of-this-orb-motif.html
Curved stripe at top or bottom	6	May be on top or bottom of orb	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/10/mysterious-motif-another-orb-with.html
Diagonal stripe	13	Goes from one side of orb to another, diagonally. Looks like a slash (not a backslash)	This post http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/12/striped-orb-and-bright-sky-orbs.html http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2017/01/striped-orb-shows-up-for-ghost.html
Short diagonal stripe	5	Goes from top right corner toward center	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-5th-sky-orb-ive-photographed-with.html
Hose and circle	7	Looks like a ball that has fallen out of a tube	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-seventh-occurence-of-this.html
Slanted C	10	Looks like a C shape, tilted over quite a bit to the right	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/12/another-orb-with-slanted-c-stripe.html
Inverted V	3	Looks rather like the caret character (an inverted V)	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/11/another-inverted-v-orb.html
Hook-like stripe	4	Has a kind of candy-cane shape	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/07/another-orb-with-hook-like-stripe.html http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/11/strange-stripes-on-mysterious-orb.html  http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/07/blue-orbs-haunt-windows.html
Curvy 9 which fell down	2	Looks like a curvy nine which “fell down”	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/07/two-striped-orbs-with-same-fingerprint.html
4 stripes	2	Straight lines intersecting in a particular shape	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-same-strange-mark-on-two-striped.html
Broken squiggly T	3	One wiggly horizontal stripe at the top above a vertical stripe at the bottom	http://orbpro.blogspot.com/2016/07/reappearance-of-double-striped-orb.html

Weird Orb Has an Inverted V

Photo date: September 29, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a mysterious orb I photographed at Grand Central Terminal in New York. We see inside the orb an inverted V shape.  It reminds me of the inverted Y shapes I have seen in 7 orbs, as shown here.

Two Sky Orbs WIth Identical-Looking Stripes

The first two photos below show two striped orbs I photographed in the sky on October 16, 2016. The stripes seem identical.  The other four photos show similar-looking mysterious striped orbs I photographed on previous days (you can see the original posts in this series of photos). Five of the photos show sky orbs.

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

Two Sky Orbs With a Similar-Looking Stripe

The photo on the left shows a sky orb I photographed last night, October 10, 2016, a dry night. The photo on the right shows a sky orb I photographed on February 11, 2016. Both orbs have an identical-looking stripe. Both stripes start at the same position on the orb, are of the same length, and are rectangular shaped, with a straight end.

A Bright Striped Orb in the Station

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

The photo below was taken in Grand Central Terminal in New York.  We see a bright striped orb near the US flag. I seem to be photographing orbs with stripes more and more often, both indoors and in the night sky (as shown here).

A Striped Orb in the Sky

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

The photo below shows a very unusual purple striped orb floating above a building.  See here for some other examples of striped sky orbs.

There was no rain, fog, mist or precipitation on this night. The air quality listed on airnow.gov was "good," with a rating of 26 (anything below 50 is considered good).

Sky Orb With a Rectangular Feature

Photo date: February 10, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows orbs above a building in New York City. The orb on the top right has a rectangular feature.

Here is a closeup of the orb. We see a strange rectangular feature.

A Strange Striped Sky Orb

Photo date: January 29, 2016. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The photo below shows a swarm of orbs above a building in New York City. In the top right we see the same strange thing (as shown here) that I photographed the previous day at a different location: a striped sky orb.

Below is a closeup of the striped orb.

There was no rain, fog, mist or precipitation on this night. The air quality listed on airnow.gov was "good," with a rating of 48. The pollen count listed on pollen.com was very low, with a level of only 0.1.