Explain the science of the image of the soul leaving the body

The sight of the motorcyclist's soul leaving the body after an accident in the US could be just a tree or smoke from a car in distress.

The photo was taken by Saul Vazquez, a truck driver, on the scene of a traffic accident in Kentucky, USA, July 12.

On the photo there is a translucent white shadow floating over two ambulances, making many people believe that it is the soul leaving the body. Vazquez posted photos on Facebook and so far the post has nearly 16,000 shares.

"I think it is the soul of an accident person who is observing his body," a Facebook user commented. Many others believe that this is not a soul but an angel.

Kentucky officials did not reveal the identity of the motorcyclist, confirming that he was taken to an emergency in a life-threatening condition and died in the hospital.

There was a translucent white shadow floating in the air at the scene of the accident.(Photo: Facebook).

Since the driver of a motorcycle has not died when Vazquez takes a picture, it is unlikely that the soul will leave the victim's body at that time, according to Seeker.

If we can take pictures of the soul or the angel at the scene of the accident, especially in the case of many victims, the same images must appear quite often in newspapers or television. But this does not happen.

The idea of ​​quantifying the soul at the time of a dying person appeared more than a century ago. In 1907, Dr. Duncan MacDougall performed a famous scientific experiment when trying to measure soul mass . He weighed 6 patients with incurable diseases before, during, and after death. The results showed that the average weight of patients before and after death was 21 grams.

MacDougall's experiments were performed with small samples and rudimentary measuring tools. Many modern measurements do not see this phenomenon, but the legendary story of a human soul that weighs 21 grams still exists.

Vazquez, the author of the photo, denied that the image was edited.

Hemant Mehta, a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA, gave an explanation on the Patheos blog:

"The translucent white shadow in the picture is most likely a faded tree trunk . I pulled a Google Maps image of Highway 15 near Stanton, Kentucky, the accident area occurred. I don't know the exact location of the accident , but it's easy to find a faded tree in the photo ".

It is worth noting that no one at the scene reported seeing anything unusual. The photo shows the foliage radiating from the green trees along the road. A light tree or tree branch may appear like a translucent white shadow in a photo. The white ball could also be the smoke from a motorbike that had created an accident, Mr. Mehta concluded.