Improbable Shape

 Below we see a hair exactly as I found it on my sink basin this morning, the only hair I found on that sink basin. I asked the only other person in my living quarters (my wife) whether she caused this heart-shaped arrangement, and she denied doing so.  I can never recall finding a hair with such a shape before. Imagining a grid of 100 by 100 positions, you can do a quick calculation suggesting that the chance of a hair landing so that its end point exactly matches its starting point is only about 1 in 10,000 or smaller. 

The Stripes Below the Stripes

Photo date: July 22, 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 that have four vertical stripes under a horizontal stripe. 

Bifurcated Orbs

 Photo date: July 20, 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 split into an up section and a bottom section. 

A Three-Part Pattern

Photo date: July 20, 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 a three-part pattern consisting of two features at the bottom of each orb, and a wispy feature at the top of each orb. 

A Strange Pattern

Photo date: July 18, 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 a strange pattern that includes a pair of broken stripes. 

A "Neck and Head" Pattern

Photo date: July 16, 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 a pattern resembling a head and neck seen from the side. 

Striped Shapes

 Photo date: July 14, 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 that all had the same stripe pattern.