ORB AT THE JAIL

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On the afternoon of October 6, 2004 this photo was taken of the outside wall of the old city jail in Charleston, S.C. The jail is no longer used to house prisoners but is under various stages of repair and maintenance for historical value. In its day, the jail was a forboding structure and the site of much suffering, torture, murders, and public executions.The photo was was taken by Rick Elder, using a Kodak Digital 4330 DX with flash, and set for automatic focus.The weather was clear and cool. Look at the very bright object in the upper left of the photo. After the photo was taken, it was reviewed on the digital camera screen and the bright object was noticed, which gave the two researchers a chance to carefully examine the wall to make sure that nothing was present that could have caused a reflection. The angle of the wall to the camera would have also prevented any such reflection coming straight back to the camera. Also, it appears that the reflection 'spills' over to either side of the object, or that the object is moving back and forth at very high speed, leaving a trail, as seen with many orb photos.