Is this the hand of God? Incredible cloud formation above Portugal looks like a fist from Heaven

Daily Mail ^ | 27 January 2016 | Jennifer Newton for MailOnline

[a fool in paradise]

An incredible cloud formation which appeared over the skies of Portugal has been dubbed the 'hand of God'.

The cloud took the form of a fist from Heaven with a hand holding a fireball as it dominated the skyline across the island of Madeira on Monday.

And weather blogger Rogerio Pacheco, 32, could not believe his luck when he looked up at the clouds while commuters made their way to work in the morning rush hour...

[Sacajaweau]

Imagination is a wonderful thing.

[RaceBannon]

[Pearls Before Swine]

Looks like the furry paw of a large Muppets character.

[Buttons12]

Looks like the furry paw of a large Muppets character.

That's what I saw. My dad is here this morning, just showed it to him. He says it reminds him of Soupy Sales. (?)

[samtheman]

Those are some great pictures.

[Celtic Conservative]

Pattern recognition is what humans excel at. Sometimes even when there’s no pattern to recognize.

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[Hot Tabasco]

White Fang

[Ted Grant]

Probably not

[Gadsden1st]

That is my problem with TA of stocks.

[JoeProBono]

[Donglalinger]

I saw a elephant in the clouds the other day, I’m not sure if it was Ganesh or not, I’ll let you know if I have any good fortune.

[Sacajaweau]

Eagle claw

[VanDeKoik]

Seriously Christians need to stop doing this.

Cloud fists and Jesus face in toast stories just fuel all of the mocking and ridicule.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Where’s the big schnoz of God? Is it in low-Earth orbit?

Psalm 18:8
Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.

Isaiah 65:5
who say, ‘Keep away; don’t come near me, for I am too sacred for you!’ Such people are smoke in my nostrils, a fire that keeps burning all day.

[Daffynition]

[a fool in paradise]

Soupy Sales had an unseen character called Fang (just a furry white hand) that would grab him at the doorway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNv3rVV1mfs

[bigbob]

Well I’m sure people would be posting pictures of Mohammed’s face in toast except no one knows what he looked like.

[a fool in paradise]

Mitt sent that elephant cloud.

[a fool in paradise]

Maybe not but the glow on some clouds at evening can be quite colorful. Such intensity that if you presented them in a painting, people would tell you “it was all wrong”.