Mysterious beam of light on top of the Mayan pyramid

In 2009, when the Hector Siliezar family visited the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza, with his iPhone, he took three photos of the El Castillo pyramid (Mexico) - once a sacred temple. most of the Mayans worshiped the gods of their heads Kukulkan snake.

At this time, it was stormy and Siliezar quickly returned after completing 3 photos. Then, reviewing the pictures taken, Siliezar was surprised to see that in the first two pictures there were only dark clouds flying over the top of the pyramid, but the third one was unusual.

Photo with a controversial beam of mysterious light (Photo: Hector Siliezar)

Following that, a mysterious beam of light suddenly appeared right on top of the pyramid, heading towards the sky when the sound of thunder resounded.

Siliezar recently shared his picture with experts who specialize in the study of the occult. He said his family members did not see the light, it only appeared on the camera.

Immediately, the photo became a hot topic on some forums with two different opinions. He thought that the ray was a sign of the end of the December 21, 2012 - the day marking the end of a cycle in the Mayan calendar, who thought it was simply a result of an axis error. hacking of the iPhone.

Jonathon Hill, an engineer from Arizona State University, who specializes in research on cameras used in NASA's Mars missions, said that the "light beam" in the El Castillo pyramid is a Typical case of image distortion.

It is no coincidence that in the three pictures, the light beam only appears in the picture taken when there is a thunderbolt in the sky .

Lightning intensity can cause abnormalities in the camera's CCD sensor; or create a column of pixels, or create a reflected light inside the camera lens - which is recognized by the sensor. In both cases, the brightness exceeding normal will be added to the pixels in that column in addition to the light directly from the field.

In addition, in fact, when separated by photoshop software or other image analysis software, the beams go vertically in the image.