A chance meeting with a rare weather scene inspired Theresa Birgin Lucas to take a picture that went viral and still amazes people today. The picture, which looks like a landscape of crashing waves, has been going around social media, making some people feel uncomfortable and others mesmerised.
Theresa, who lives in Bemidji, Minnesota, saw the strange cloud formation on her way home from visiting her family at a hospital in Rochester. She quickly took a picture with her iPhone 8 to let her daughter know she was close to home and not to worry.
It wasn’t until Theresa got home that her daughter told her how beautiful the picture was that she realised she had captured something special. Theresa called the picture “Ocean in the Sky,” and it looks like a huge wave is about to hit the road.
Some viewers were not sure if the picture was real, but Theresa confirmed that it was taken naturally and had not been edited or changed in any way. People all over the world are captivated by the picture’s strange quality; many say they can’t stop looking at it.
Some people who saw the picture said it made them feel uncomfortable or even scared. One Reddit user said it made them think the waves were going to crash down on the road. Others have just been amazed by how beautiful and rare the picture is.
A researcher at KVRR named Mariah Bush says that Theresa’s picture is very uncommon. Bush said that the shot is truly one of a kind because the cloud formation is unlike anything she has ever seen before.
