Ectoplasm...

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I used to search function, and came out with nothing. Y'all seem like an intelligent bunch, so's riddle me this:

I've googled & wikied ectoplasm. I've gotten stuff about cellular membranes & ghost residue. What is it? What is the chemical compound? Does anyone know what exactly this stuff is?

Taken in my buddy's basement. They're the little translucent circular objects floating around.

ectoplasm.
 
It's not camera malfunction. It's been seen elsewhere in other photos. I'm talking about the actual substance 'ectoplasm.' The photo was just for reference.
 
The things in your picture more closely resemble ecto-orbs than streams or mists of ectoplasm. ...it really just looks like water spots though, or maybe dust kicked up by the brawl. "Real ecto-orbs" are not very transparent.

Rumour goes that ecto-orbs and ectoplasm is ghost/spirit/wraith residue - ie, it's noncorporeal goo. To see it the (whatever) that left it behind has to be willing to let it's presence be known to whoever sees/photographs it, and the lighting and moon phase and stuff like that has to be right.

...to me though, ectoplasm will forever be associated with that scene in Ghostbusters where Bill Murray gets covered in it. "He slimed me!"
 
That's the flash echoing off of extremely close-up dust particles. I've gotten similar pictures many times before.
 
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