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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. 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 ...

  4. 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

  5. Crystal ball - Wikipedia

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    Other names for the thing include crystal sphere, orbuculum, scrying ball, shew/show(ing) stone, pondering orb, and more variants by dialect. History This ...

  6. 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]

  7. What Are the Orb and Sceptre? Objects Adorning the ... - AOL

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    The orb is presented to British monarchs during their coronation. Dating back to Charles II’s coronation in 1661, the piece of regalia is golden and has a cross perched on top to symbolize ...

  8. Glowing mysterious NYC orbs draw gawkers: ‘It’s fantastic’

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    The orbs are home to the “Abyss Walkers,” shadows of fantastical oceanic creatures partially made with the help of wheels, gears and mechanical elements. Stefano Giovannini

  9. 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.