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Dust is the most common anomaly that will be photographed by the beginning ghost hunter. We have included samples of dust particles and of moisture droplets for comparison. 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 amomalies 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.

Pollen-Lemon Shape	Humidity - Moisture
Dust Particle	Dust Particle
Dust Particle	Dust Particle
Dust Particle	Dust Particle

Spirit or Ghost Orbs

When we coined the term "orb" back in 1996 to explain the supernatural anomalies that we were capturing on film and digital format, we never thought that our coined term "orb" would become the label used to describe these spheres of light by the entire ghost hunting community.

We created the Orb Theory based on the findings of our field investigations and through our research. We discovered that an orb represented 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. The vision of Black Elk describes hoops within hoops. We use the symbol of the circle to represent eternal existence, with no beginning nor end.

We teach that a spirit is represented in an orb configuration pattern. 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.

Spirit orbs are most often confused with similar shaped anomalies that occur in nature, such as dust particles, pollen, moisture, ice crystals, snow flakes, rain drops and other weather related anomalies. Since each area of our world produces different anomalies, it is prudent and necessary that a base line be established prior to any investigations. For example, I use a Sony DSC-S30 digital camera (1.3 megapixel) that treats dust particles as a diamond shaped anomaly while Sharon's DSC-S70 digital camera (2.1 megapixel) will show that same anomaly in a hexagon shape. Learn how your own camera treats dust or pollen. Ghosts are everywhere, but not captured as clusters of orbs found in most photographs submitted to us. Common sense is very important in ghost research. Conduct investigations sampling natural non-spirit anomalies and see how your camera displays these anomalies.

Examples of Spirit Orbs

Spirit Orb	Spirit Orb
Spirit Orb	Spirit Orb