Comments on: Angel of refraction

By: libby

libby — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:17:50 +0000

duh this has to be a angle i cant believe that they got pic of it me and my mum thought it was really cool.i wonder why the camra colud only see it that is kindda dumb byt i still belive

By: stu

stu — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:10:21 +0000

they exist but you will never convince some folk. you cant PROVE that which is not ment to be proven yet.

By: Loi'hi

Loi'hi — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:51:45 +0000

Why, of course it’s a figure skater spinning gullibrouette!

By: Just Al

Just Al — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:43:47 +0000

Having worked with too many professional photographers, I always enjoy it when the term is used as if it denotes some kind of degree or level of education. Why, of course you’re not allowed to sell your services as a photographer until you pass the image evaluation tests!

It’s a bit like believing an auto mechanic can serve as an accident investigator.

Those that actually do have the skills to evaluate images rarely, if ever, make a living doing it. There’s too little call for it, and in cases like this, no one will actually pay for the answer unless they’re quite sure it will agree with their views.

But the article just seemed to me to be the typical hack technique of finding the people who would happily provide the weirdest quotes. It’s what passes for journalism these days (and there’s no degree or level of education required for that either). Show most people that image, with no suggestive mention of angels or anything else, and they’d simply call it a reflection – it’s not like the flare directly above it wasn’t a strong indication of such.

By: snarkophilus

snarkophilus — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:12:55 +0000

“Professional photographers have studied Mr Key’s photo and are at a loss to explain what may have caused the image.”

Then they are not very good photographers.

My new summer project: I will take hundreds of pictures of stuff in very shiny places until I get an apparition that looks exactly like David Duchovny. (Well, in the sense that if I say, “hey, this is David Duchovny,” you would be inclined to maybe agree.) Then, I will start a Duchovny cult, and maybe if it got big enough we could convince them to put X-Files back on the air. I think there was an angel in one episode of that.

Then, once that is accomplished, I will take hundreds more pictures until I get one that looks just like Phil Plait. Then the cult-based fun will really begin!

By: DenverAstro

DenverAstro — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:25:51 +0000

Wait a sec, that looks an awful lot like a little stripper I knew once. I gave her a lot of money and never got anything for it. That kinda sounds like tithing to the church, dont it? Whoa, maybe I’m on to something here…

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:08:18 +0000

It looks like a simple light hitting against something to me. I had pretty weird shapes resulting from light coming through a window myself.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:38:07 +0000

This is why I always use my angel filter when taking pictures in cathedrals. You don’t want silly angels blocking your images of the breathtaking architecture!

By: Donnie B.

Donnie B. — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 18:58:29 +0000

I win? *gasps* Thank you! I will treasure this moment forever! You like me, you really like me!

By: Jarno

Jarno — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 18:34:46 +0000

I can’t, for the life of me, see any angel figure there. Maybe it’s because it’s such an obvious Giraffe’s head.

All hail the mighty the mighty Giraffe!

By: Sticks

Sticks — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:44:05 +0000

Moth?

By: Sue Mitchell

Sue Mitchell — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:10:15 +0000

Hm, the Angel of Refraction equals the Angel of Incidence…

Incidentally, didn’t anyone notice it was the first of April…?
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By: Fizzle

Fizzle — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:56:41 +0000

I may believe in angels(Don’t debate me about that) but that is insane. I’ve taken pictures in the fog where you get the same sort of reflection. I think the same people that think that’s an angle would think a skeleton with wings is an angle(Think Simpsons)

By: The Bad Astronomer

The Bad Astronomer — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:51:24 +0000

LOL! Donnie B. wins.

By: Rand

Rand — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:34:28 +0000

I have no idea how anyone can get an angel out of that picture.

By: Donnie B.

Donnie B. — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:24:53 +0000

Oh, wicked, bad, naughty Zoot! She has been setting alight to our beacon, which, I have just remembered, is angel-shaped.

By: Eric Layne

Eric Layne — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:00:45 +0000

What? People still actually believe in angels?

By: JackC

JackC — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:56:56 +0000

Well, it is not an angel of Refraction, but an Angel of Reflection. That is pretty darn easy to see really.

If “Experts” examined this thing and couldn’t determine the cause, I would have to redefine my use of the term “Expert”.

By: Gary Ansorge

Gary Ansorge — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:45:19 +0000

Prof asdf: Dang! Sounds like you caught me but you missed my wild, bushy beard,,,

GAry 7

By: ProfAsdf

ProfAsdf — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:47:22 +0000

No, no, no.

Glowing in the middle, you can plainly see the floating head of a very grim looking gorilla with a protruding brow and bearded muzzle (well, patches of hair hanging down anyway), wearing an eye patch. It has a fish fin growing out of the side of its head on the left. There is also clearly a handgun being held against its cheek on the right. Pointing up, handle towards us.

Also visible, despite being darker and less distinct, is a man’s face behind the gorilla head. You can see one of his eyes (a human eye, slightly larger in apparent size than the gorilla’s eyepatch) above and a bit to the left of the gorilla’s ‘fro. Above that his forehead is clear – the picture cuts off the top of his head. A mass of wild bushy hair to the left of the eye. You can also see his ear between columns-of-light numbers 2 and 3 counting from the right.

By: Gary Ansorge

Gary Ansorge — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 13:37:46 +0000

Since they’re trying to beatify Pope John Paul II, I expect there will be some folks claiming this is a sign from beyond,,,or some such. Look for it in your local paper.

GAry 7

By: webrunner

webrunner — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:57:55 +0000

Phoenix Light…

ACE ATTORNEY

By: jrkeller

jrkeller — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:17:23 +0000

A couple of weeks ago, we had a Virgin Mary sighting in Houston – on a pizza pan,

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=38924&in_page_id=2

By: sirjonsnow

sirjonsnow — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:10:34 +0000

No, it’s a Grey! Just get rid of that left-most bulge and you can see it.

By: Carolus Hereticus

Carolus Hereticus — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:12:29 +0000

Angel? Nah. It’s a ship’s figurehead, yeah, that’s it! A PIRATE ship figurehead! It’s a sign all right! Ghostly pirates are trying to break back into this reality and change the course of global warming!!!

All praise the FSM …