What appears to be lens flare or something else.
Taken by Julio Dominguez on March 31, 2014 @ 1601 Nogalitos St.San Antonio, Texas, USA. Facing west on the first two pics and southwest on the last.
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  Camera Used: NIKON COOLPIX S4000
Exposure Time: 10/80
Aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 640
Date Taken: 2014:03:31 20:03:10
  
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I was photographing a building scheduled for demolition and didn't notice the objects until the next day. Nikon Coolpix, no flash used.
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They are lens flare, appearing mainly at the centrally symmetric position against the light source in the image field, due to internal reflection in lenses.
In your photos, there are so bright lamps, and the corresponding dim ghosts (lens flares) can be seen in the dark night sky. If the lens flare position is on a bright area, it is difficult to see the flare, as in the 2nd image.
In the case of the sun, usually not only the centrally symmetric flare but also many other flares can appear due to multiple reflection in lenses.
If you take photos of annular solar eclipse without ND filter, the lens flare shapes into an annular ring.
Posted by shiram 2014-04-12 02:19:41
Julio, try the same, or similar scene with bright lights shining directly into the lens. Take several stills at a few steps apart and a video while walking slowly. Note how the flares orientation to the light source will change as the camera position changes.
Posted by dougr855 2014-04-12 18:00:08
 
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