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Crosses in the Eyes of St. Therese in 19th Century Photo
St. Therese Photograph ^ | 081309 | Ben D. Kennedy

Posted on 08/13/2009 12:28:34 PM PDT by poetbdk

I have been trying to find a good explanation for the crosses in the eyes of St. Therese in this photograph of her taken in 1892. For more details and to see the photo visit my blog at http://saint-joan-of-arc.blogspot.com/ Obviously I have received many thories ranging from internet hoax to a large cross in the backround but these have all been disproven. Anyone have a valid explantion?


TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; History
KEYWORDS: miracles; stthereselisieux

1 posted on 08/13/2009 12:28:35 PM PDT by poetbdk
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To: poetbdk

I’m a true believer, but I don’t think those are crosses. It seems to be simply a variation of photography’s starburst effect. I have had these artifacts appear in pictures I have taken. I didn’t do anything to create them, it has to do with the way light refracts and reflects from different surfaces and at different angles ... and wet human eyeballs are definitely reflective surfaces.


2 posted on 08/13/2009 12:34:37 PM PDT by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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To: poetbdk

This is not that unusal a phenomenon. It is lighting flare and captured on the film. We see it tofay as ‘red eye’ the reason it tends toward a ‘cross’ or star pattern is because of the manner in which the iris of the eye works. As much as someone wants it to be special it isn’t. The photo has a light source and probably also used one of the large fill flashes of the time ( even if done out doors).

We don’t have to seek out “special” miracles they are easy to see every day all around us


3 posted on 08/13/2009 12:34:50 PM PDT by the long march
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To: poetbdk

I am a devotee of St. Therese of Lisieux (The Little Flower). But I think the most reasonable explanation for this is that she was looking up at a shiny bronze or brass (or gold) crucifix when the picture was taken, and the crucifix was reflected off of the cornea of her eyes.


4 posted on 08/13/2009 12:35:01 PM PDT by La Lydia
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To: poetbdk

Lamp reflecting off her eyes with something obscuring part of the light and creating a shadow.


5 posted on 08/13/2009 12:35:34 PM PDT by dinoparty
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To: poetbdk

Regardless of whether the crosses in the eyes are an artifact of the photographic method or of supernatual origin, I find this to be a striking image of a woman in light of her sainthood.


6 posted on 08/13/2009 12:41:03 PM PDT by American_Centurion (No, I don't trust the government to automatically do the right thing.)
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To: poetbdk

st. Therese of Lisieux was a wonderful saint, but this just seems to be a trick of the light working on the film.

I could be wrong. I’m just saying...


7 posted on 08/13/2009 12:57:08 PM PDT by vladimir998
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To: poetbdk

“The eyes are the window to the soul.”


8 posted on 08/13/2009 1:34:59 PM PDT by pke
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To: pke

Well Said!!!!


9 posted on 08/13/2009 2:43:19 PM PDT by poetbdk (resistance to tyranny)
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