Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Orange Orb With a Serious Aura

Photo date: December 16, 2014. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

In this water drop photo, we see an orange orb with a prominent aura. It almost looks like a lion's mane.

orb face

Monday, February 2, 2015

Smiling Orb Speeder in Grand Central Station

Photo date: December 15, 2014. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

Here is a photograph taken in Grand Central Station in New York.





Here is a rotated closeup of the orb shown in this photo:

moving orb face


Besides an apparent face, we see here motion blur that is a sign of very rapid movement, movement much faster than that of an insect. You can find many other similar examples of moving orbs on this site by selecting the label "speeding air orb."

A Yellow Air Orb

Photo date: October 9, 2014. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

Here is a simple example of a yellow air orb. I have seen numerous yellow orbs in my photos of walls. I have also photographed air orbs with solid colors of white, blue, green, purple, pink, and orange.  These are mostly the colors I would not expect to get if air orbs were dust. Except for one time I deliberately photographed cocoa dust, I never get the orb colors I would expect to get if orbs are dust: brown and gray.

yellow orb
Dust level: 150/5, Fair. Nearby reflective surfaces: none. No orbs shown in photos taken at same location from same angle soon before and soon after this photo was taken, which argues against any dust explanation.

Bright Pink Orb in Grand Central Station

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

Almost all of the orbs I photograph in Grand Central Station in New York are blue or white. But in this photo I got something very rare: a dramatic bright pink orb. We see motion blur that is a sign of rapid motion. A feminine spirit, perhaps?

pink orb in Grand Central

Grand Central Station Orb Too Big to Be Dust

Photo date: December 8, 2014. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

In this photo taken from a balcony at Grand Central Station (where there was only clean air in front of me), we see a large orb at the top right. According to the "orb zone" theory that orbs are just dust, orbs can't be bigger than about 10 percent of the photo size. In this case, the orb is 325 pixels high in a photo with a height of 1944 pixels, meaning that it is 17% of the photo height -- in other words, too big to be dust. No such orb was seen in photos taken before and after this photo, meaning it was not any type of lens smudge.


Orb Face on the Balcony

Photo date: January 14, 2015. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

The following photo was taken in Grand Central Station in New York.

Below is a closeup of the orb shown at the top of the photo. We seem to see a smiling face.

orb face

Orb "Cuteness" and Color

Photo date: October 28, 2014. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

This water drop photo shows  a few cute-looking orbs, which have a large variety of different colors.

water drop orb