What's the Significance of the Virgin Mary Appearing in Cigarette Smoke?

[Ivan Seeking]

For curiosity's sake we're going to try to duplicate the photo by using smoke.

 

[Moonbear]

Absolutely. We should try a variety of types of smoke. Different types of charcoal and wood, perhaps some of the guys will want to puff some cigars (I'll head to the beach while you're doing that though), I'm sure we can find someone with a birthday and blow out birthday candles, perhaps bring out a sizzling platter of fajitas or cherries flambe, gather up the tiki torches, etc. I'm sure we can figure it out. But we don't want to be hasty and give up too quickly. It could take a while, so we better plan on staying in Hawaii a while.

 

[Integral]

Should this be in the debunking forum?

 

[Evo]

Should this be in the debunking forum?

Nah, I'm convinced.

Honestly, I'm trying to see where air movement and smoke make sense here. Perhaps it's not smoke, it would be interesting to know what it is.

This was a digital camera?

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Yes it is a digital camera - a JVC I think. My take is that it looks like smoke but we also have one significant hitch: There is almost always a constant breeze when the trade winds are blowing. It is not likely that smoke would linger. Of course it may have been a calm moment or they may have been sheltered. In either case I thought it would be interesting to see how closely we could duplicate the effect.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

http://img236.exs.cx/img236/1897/dsc001933cc.th.jpg

I will post a pic later but there is no doubt about it. Cigarette smoke and a camera flash produce exactly the same effect. Someone was probably smoking nearby and the smoke drifted in front of the camera.

 

[Evo]

http://img236.exs.cx/img236/1897/dsc001933cc.th.jpg

I will post a pic later but there is no doubt about it. Cigarette smoke and a camera flash produce exactly the same effect. Someone was probably smoking nearby and the smoke drifted in front of the camera.

Well rats, I guess this means the pilgramage to Hawaii is off? Can we still go to your place for steaks?

 

[Integral]

Well rats, I guess this means the pilgramage to Hawaii is off? Can we still go to your place for steaks?

The fact that it is smoke is irrelevant! Obviously the Virgin Mary chose to appear in a puff of cigarette smoke. There must be some significance in that.

Now the question is, is the fact that the smoke was in Hawaii significant, or to we need only to pilgrimage to the nearest smoke filled bar?


I like the idea of a pilgrimage to Ivan's steak grill a lot. Perhaps she will make her next apparition in the smoke of Ivan's grill...Take my word for it there is plenty of smoke.. Mama Cass Eliot could aperate into that smoke cloud!


Evo... My spell checker spelled pilgrimage different from yours?

 

[Evo]

The fact that it is smoke is irrelevant! Obviously the Virgin Mary chose to appear in a puff of cigarette smoke. There must be some significance in that.

Now the question is, is the fact that the smoke was in Hawaii significant, or to we need only to pilgrimage to the nearest smoke filled bar?


I like the idea of a pilgrimage to Ivan's steak grill a lot. Perhaps she will make her next apparition in the smoke of Ivan's grill...Take my work for it there is plenty of smoke.. Mama Cass Eliot could aperate into that smoke cloud!


Evo... My spell checker spelled pilgrimage different from yours?

That's because I didn't use spell check and I misspelled it.