Fake ‘ghost orbs’ and pollen
Jul 27th, 2005 | By Fiona Broome | Category: Insects, dust, pollenSome ‘ghost orbs’ look fake to us immediately. We’re so accustomed to looking at these photos, we don’t need to do much analysis. After years of studying real ghost photos, we can easily tell the difference between fake orbs and real ones. Here’s a good example:

Here’s a closeup of the orb in our photo. On the right, the orb has been enhanced to show details; the left photo is “as is” from our printed picture.
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As you can see, this orb created by pollen is very different from real ghost orbs. While a new ghost researcher might be confused, anyone with experience with genuine ghosts is not likely to mistake a pollen orb for a ghost orb.

