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  2. Backscatter (photography) - Wikipedia

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    A single orb in the center of the photo, at the person's knee level Main article: Spirit photography § "Orbs" Some ghost hunters have claimed that orb shaped visual artifacts appearing in photographs are spirits of the dead.

  3. Fixed stars - Wikipedia

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    This final orb was the largest of his cosmos, in both diameter and thickness. This orb of stars is entirely fixed, as the stars are embedded in the sphere, and the sphere itself is immobile. [ 15 ] The perceived motion of the stars, therefore, is created by the daily rotation of the Earth about its axis.

  4. Celestial spheres - Wikipedia

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    The celestial spheres, or celestial orbs, were the fundamental entities of the cosmological models developed by Plato, Eudoxus, Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus, and others. In these celestial models, the apparent motions of the fixed stars and planets are accounted for by treating them as embedded in rotating spheres made of an aetherial ...

  5. Will-o'-the-wisp - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, they are often called spook-lights, ghost-lights, or orbs by folklorists. [9] [10] [11] The Latin name ignis fatuus is composed of ignis, meaning 'fire' and fatuus, an adjective meaning 'foolish', 'silly' or 'simple'; it can thus be literally translated into English as 'foolish fire' or more idiomatically as 'giddy flame'. [1]

  6. Here’s the truth behind 6 of the most widely circulated ...

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    Video 1: Mysterious floating orb An ABC News 7 news crew captured video which appeared to show a mysterious floating orb – although experts say it may just be a trick of the light. ABC 7

  7. 'It's trying to wake us up:' Hope Mills man featured in TV ...

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    Bledsoe said he is able to summon the orbs and each time they appear, he is praying, just as he had in 2007. 'More complex than we imagined': Fort Bragg veterans weigh in on UFO sightings.

  8. Halo (optical phenomenon) - Wikipedia

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    Many of these appear near the Sun or Moon, but others occur elsewhere or even in the opposite part of the sky. Among the best known halo types are the circular halo (properly called the 22° halo ), light pillars , and sun dogs , but many others occur; some are fairly common while others are extremely rare.

  9. Ex-NASA commander recounts eerie near-collision with ...

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    The two orbs did not appear on his plane’s radar nor were their presence communicated to him by air traffic control. Ex-NASA commander recounts eerie near-collision with mysterious ‘metallic ...