Can anyone explain away this for me?

[mousey]

In answer to the original question, yes I could explain them away, as could anyone with a basic understanding of optics and lighting.

The next question is, Am I prepared to spend ages typing a scientific explanation when you seem to be looking really hard for confirmation of a supernatural theory?

Awww go on I'm all intrigued about a scientific explanation.

Although I did like the one about an invasion fleet from wherever it was... an over active imagination?? or is everyone elses just underdeveloped??

 

[Prawnster]

I'm with Mary. I don't know what part of the description of ball lightning is not fitting Hillbill's account.

It's seriously cool to get a picture of ball lightning. Well done!


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[blacktimberwolf]

Is there any body there ?...........http://orbs.net/

 

[gan_pi]

if you are enjoying illusions of mythical giants & UFO's then stop reading now.







ok, still here?
this is the same effect on a small scale that gives you rainbows. it occurs when you have parallel light hitting a high humidity environment. my understanding is that the drops act like a massive fresnel lens, giving both the magnified effect and the shadow.

I spent ages checking this out - i am very shortsighted and I thought it was my glasses playing a trick of the light, but I saw it again and again. I researched, and by chance found that others without glasses saw it too.

why did I spend so long on it? in my old flat I used to get this in my bathroom every day as I was shaving, but only if I'd had a shower first. it bloody creeped me out at first

 

[HWMBLT]

I think the orbs are reflections of the moon. Was it a full moon? What direction was the wind blowing? I am guessing it was relatively still. I dont know what the moon was reflecting on maybe water vapour but it wouldnt need to be spherical, just a patch of water drops like a mini rainbow

 

[blacktimberwolf]

I think the orbs are reflections of the moon. Was it a full moon? What direction was the wind blowing? I am guessing it was relatively still. I dont know what the moon was reflecting on maybe water vapour but it wouldnt need to be spherical, just a patch of water drops like a mini rainbow

Nice explanation.......................:welcome1: to the forum by the way

 

[HillBill]

Hi Mary

I'm not ignoring the ball lightning idea. I'm just looking for things i can look into, ball lightning is one of them i will be researching. From this description you posted it does indeed sound like a possibility

Hope you had a good xmas and new year.

Why are folks so eager to ignore the ball lightning as an explanation
It doesn't somehow lessen the experience; it's a fascinating natural phenomenon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning

"Descriptions of ball lightning vary wildly. It has been described as moving up and down, sideways or in unpredictable trajectories, hovering and moving with or against the wind; attracted to, unaffected by, or repelled from buildings, people, cars and other objects. Some accounts describe it as moving through solid masses of wood or metal without effect, while others describe it as destructive and melting or burning those substances. Its appearance has also been linked to power lines as well as during thunderstorms and also calm weather. Ball lightning has been described as transparent, translucent, multicolored, evenly lit, radiating flames, filaments or sparks, with shapes that vary between spheres, ovals, tear-drops, rods, or disks "

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[HillBill]

It was a half moon last night, the wind was blowing right to left in the pictures ( west to east) it was fairly breezy at the time,.

I think the orbs are reflections of the moon. Was it a full moon? What direction was the wind blowing? I am guessing it was relatively still. I dont know what the moon was reflecting on maybe water vapour but it wouldnt need to be spherical, just a patch of water drops like a mini rainbow

 

[HillBill]

Is there any body there ?...........http://orbs.net/

The second pic of the orbs on there, does look very similar to what i saw.

 

[HWMBLT]

If it was a half moon then my idea of a reflected moon wont fly.!

 

[HillBill]

If it was a half moon then my idea of a reflected moon wont fly.!

http://www.dacre.net/moon/moonphase.html

 

[Tengu]

Well, I said it might be ball lightning or the like, didnt I

I have never seen it, but I know people who have and they say it is the most awe inspiring thing ever

occams razor, after all

(I have seen lights at a distance, of course)

 

[Robbi]

not sure if these will show, but taken inside ( obviously ) in daylight.

 

[Opal]

Clean yer lens, Robbi, clean yer lens.

 

[Robbi]

oh, OK then

 

[Miyagi]

I seriously doubt they were alien. Far more likely to be a manmade or natural phenomen. If you really want to get fortean then little people are a more likely explanation than visitors from outside our solar system.

What you're seeing here is the exodus of the helper elves, returning to the north pole... or possibly residue flying reindeer dust.

The fact is whatever they are, they're small and appear to reflect light, not emit it.

And they like sheds...

Shedii or Sith?

Hope you find an answer HB/Mark.

Has this anything to do with all those strange phenomena you were on about in the "Fear of the Dark" thread?

Liam

 

[dwardo]

Come one Wayland lets here the scientific angle please

 

[Wayland]

Ok. I'm not going to type a lot but you have to understand that any point out of the primary plane of focus will be rendered on the film or sensor as a circle. (Look up Circle of confusion.)

Therefore even microscopic particles such as dust, ash, ice etc. if closer to the lens than the plane of focus and outside the area of acceptable depth of field, (Another to look up.) will gain the appearance of circles in the image.

If these particles are strongly lit, for example by the camera's flash unit, then they will appear as "glowing" circles or even "orbs".

Simple to explain, even simpler to recreate. No supernatural explanation needed.

But I have no doubt you will choose to believe whatever you want to believe...

There seems to be a whole tribe of people that refuse to accept this simple explanation and I'm quite sure David Icke is one of them...

 

[Deaner666]

It's more than likely a weather thing, I was working on a hill....far awaaaaayyyyy, stands an old rugged....err sorry, I've had a drink, I was working on a hill on a landfill site a long time ago, walked to the top at about 7am and as I looked down the hill at my long shadow, I spotted a halo around my head, I called the Clerk of Works up and showed him, he said he couldn't see it and I must be seeing a "Glory" and I am the one who can only see my own Glory".

What you saw is a Brocken Spectre, which is your shadow projected onto a Glory (which is a circular rainbow). You occasionally see them when you're high up (most people see them from mountains) and you look down with the sun behind you.

They're an awesome sight! Other people can see your Brocken Spectre close by. I've also experienced a Brocken Spectre with two mates and all three of us were projected into the glory.

 

[Opal]

What you saw is a Brocken Spectre, which is your shadow projected onto a Glory (which is a circular rainbow). You occasionally see them when you're high up (most people see them from mountains) and you look down with the sun behind you.

They're an awesome sight! Other people can see your Brocken Spectre close by. I've also experienced a Brocken Spectre with two mates and all three of us were projected into the glory.

The CoW couldn't see it and he was standing next to me, it was only around my head.