are orbs dust ???

The question is too vague to determine an absolutely correct answer.

There are dust orbs, rain orbs, bug orbs and true orbs (as well as a few others).

If you've ever talked to me at any length, you'll know that orbs are something I'm passionate about. I FIRMLY believe if a round, semi-transparent thing in a picture is REFLECTING light, it's one of three things: dust, water or bugs. If it is OMITTING its OWN light, then it's a TRUE orb.

It absolutely infuriates me when people fill the shoutbox with "ORB! Cam 2!" when we're investigating a cemetary or somewhere with doors going to the outside where dust and/or bugs can get in. No where, at any time has anyone proven ANYTHING that these "orbs" have anything to do with energy - paranormal or otherwise.

I've seen a true orb myself and believe me when I tell you - if you ever see one, there will be NO mistaking dust, rain or bugs for orbs again.

Again...dust, rain and bugs REFLECT light....true orbs GIVE OFF THEIR OWN light.

Reminds me of the Thursday QnA session a few months ago in Tim's dining room where he made a right mess with tossing dust around trying to recreate orbs/dorbs for us... was a fun night.... and a mess to clean up after... with little luck creating anything "orbish"... was fun...

The question is too vague to determine an absolutely correct answer.

There are dust orbs, rain orbs, bug orbs and true orbs (as well as a few others).

If you've ever talked to me at any length, you'll know that orbs are something I'm passionate about. I FIRMLY believe if a round, semi-transparent thing in a picture is REFLECTING light, it's one of three things: dust, water or bugs. If it is OMITTING its OWN light, then it's a TRUE orb.

It absolutely infuriates me when people fill the shoutbox with "ORB! Cam 2!" when we're investigating a cemetary or somewhere with doors going to the outside where dust and/or bugs can get in. No where, at any time has anyone proven ANYTHING that these "orbs" have anything to do with energy - paranormal or otherwise.

I've seen a true orb myself and believe me when I tell you - if you ever see one, there will be NO mistaking dust, rain or bugs for orbs again.

Again...dust, rain and bugs REFLECT light....true orbs GIVE OFF THEIR OWN light.

i would totally love to chat about orbs with you and alot of other aspects to investigating ...kinda blushing cause on last investigation i was all hmm orb 4 orb 3 orb 3and 4 lol ..such a noob sorry ..but i guess now i know...although i think there were some bright ones ill be waiting for the results and highlights with intrest... cause i guess seeing one give off own light and one that reflects light will make the difference ...hopefully there are some ..but i guess there were so many they were probally bugs ...i guess i will check around for more orb vids or pic kinda hard to tell though cause everyone is saying their vid or pic is a "orb"

i would totally love to chat about orbs with you and alot of other aspects to investigating ...kinda blushing cause on last investigation i was all hmm orb 4 orb 3 orb 3and 4 lol ..such a noob sorry ..but i guess now i know...although i think there were some bright ones ill be waiting for the results and highlights with intrest... cause i guess seeing one give off own light and one that reflects light will make the difference ...hopefully there are some ..but i guess there were so many they were probally bugs ...i guess i will check around for more orb vids or pic kinda hard to tell though cause everyone is saying their vid or pic is a "orb"

It is tough to determine what's real and what's not when there are SO many people who think that natural things are orbs....

Here's a little visual help:

This is a bunch of dust reflected by a camera flash.

This is a capture a ghost hunting team got while on an investigation. All investigations are done at night and in the dark, all the light you see is orb action.

I liken orbs and dust orbs to the sun and the moon. The sun gives OFF light. The moon reflects it.

i would totally love to chat about orbs with you and alot of other aspects to investigating ...kinda blushing cause on last investigation i was all hmm orb 4 orb 3 orb 3and 4 lol ..such a noob sorry ..but i guess now i know...although i think there were some bright ones ill be waiting for the results and highlights with intrest... cause i guess seeing one give off own light and one that reflects light will make the difference ...hopefully there are some ..but i guess there were so many they were probally bugs ...i guess i will check around for more orb vids or pic kinda hard to tell though cause everyone is saying their vid or pic is a "orb"

It is tough to determine what's real and what's not when there are SO many people who think that natural things are orbs....

Here's a little visual help:

This is a bunch of dust reflected by a camera flash.

This is a capture a ghost hunting team got while on an investigation. All investigations are done at night and in the dark, all the light you see is orb action.

I liken orbs and dust orbs to the sun and the moon. The sun gives OFF light. The moon reflects it.

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wow that bottom pic is amazing i see what you mean now and the anolagy of dust/moon reflects and orb/sun shine is brilliant ( in a sun/orb sorta way ) lol thanx so much that helps alot ...now if i can just delete that crazy poll hahahah

Unless I can see them with the nakid eye...they are all BS to me.

The Orb Break Down

Orbs are:

93% Dust

3% bugs

3% Actual energy

1% Paranormal

Thats really all ya need to know, and to understand why pretty much all of us, hate and dont really recognize orbs as any form of evidence.

Its just to easy for it to be something other then actual ghosts.

I even caught what I concider a actual paranormal orb, and no one was able to tell the diffrence, even after being zoomed in on. Its simply force of habbit for folks to go "Thats dust", so even if you caught something that wasnt dust, chances are it will be passed off as such. So why bother looking?

Edit: I live in Oregon, where it rains almost year round, never have seen a rain orb, when I do get a picture of light in a rain drop, it looks like a streak due to the rain drop falling faster then the shutter speed causing a streak. In order for rain to form a orb, you would have to use a high speed camera. Now with that being said, I would think that the rain drop would reflect the light in such a way to form a spiky blob, NOT a typical round orb. Since the light will be refracted, and reflected in all directions.

Unless I can see them with the nakid eye...they are all BS to me.

The picture on the bottom (the light-giving orb) was seen by everyone in the immediate area at that particular investigation. There is no doubt whatsoever to its existence.