Orbs
When the term “orb” was coined in 1996 to explain the supernatural anomalies that were captured on film and digital format, it was to give a label to these spheres of light. But “orbs” can be many things.
Dust is the most common anomaly that will be photographed by the novice ghost hunter. Also water droplets and pollen make up a considerable amount of the photos taken. Ghost research is more than just snapping a few digital photos that capture an orb or multiple orbs and thinking that these orbs might be spirits.
One of the best things that a new ghost hunter could do is take about 100 photos of dust, pollen, spores, rain droplets or other anomalies found in their location to establish a base line to compare later photos.
A base line is important because a location might have unique anomalies, for example in Yuma, Arizona the anomalies are a fine sand that when the wind blows, is suspended in the air and will appear different than dust or pollen anomalies.
Unfortunately, orbs captured with a lower resolution camera, such as 640x480, may not provide sufficient resolution between natural anomalies and spirit anomalies for analysis. Suspect photos should be compared to previous orbs captured with the same camera. It is so important to pay attention to the small details about the orb or orbs. Do not assume that every bright orb is a spirit orb. Bright orbs may be resulting because the anomaly was too close to the lens when the flash discharged.
When you find a true spirit orb that cannot be explained by other means, then it is believed that you have discovered the soul of a departed person. The soul being the essence of who they were in life, complete with their intelligence, their emotions and their personality. The orb or sphere is common in our every day lives. The earth and moon are spheres. Our blood cells are sphere shaped. We use the symbol of the circle to represent eternal existence, with no beginning or end.
When the spirit is moving about, its shape is an orb, but when it comes to rest, meaning that it is no longer in motion, the spirit energy that is compressed within the orb is released and this spirit energy expands into what we call Ecto-Vapor or Ectoplasm.
Often an orb will contain more than one soul and when its spirit energy is released, multiple orbs flow forth from the single orb. The orb may be
observed as a small white sphere shooting through a room and through a wall. When recorded on film, the orb size is often confused because the photo is only 2D and its size is dependent on how far from the lens the orb is when captured by the camera. Learn how your own camera treats dust or pollen.
Conduct investigations sampling natural non-spirit anomalies and see how your camera displays these anomalies.