Jesus I can see you in the southern sky
When the clouds aren’t out the sun is shining through.
Jesus do you feel me when our worlds collide
and if have nothing at least I still have you.

-Sleeping with Sirens, “Jesus in the Southern Sky”

Here’s an interesting little exercise for you.

1. Go to Google Maps
2. Type in 47.110579, 9.227568 and hit Enter
3. Click on the green arrow and select “more,” and then “Street view”
4. Using your mouse, turn around 180 degrees to face backwards, so you’re looking toward the tunnel.
5. Drag the picture down to look up in the sky.

For all the world that looks like a ghostly pair of deities, or a prophet, or Jesus and Mary, or whatever you choose to see. As long as you’re on the upper road, you’ll be able to see those “figures” as you approach or move away from the mouth of the tunnel. Google around, and you’ll find as many chuckle-headed explanations out there as there are people on Facebook.

So what is it, really?

First off, here’s a screen shot of what you see from the point of entry:

As you approach the tunnel, the image remains fixed in the same place, although a bit distorted:

Look closely and you can see a demarcation zone in the trees in the form of a semicircle where the focus changes from sharp to fuzzy.

A bit closer, and the demarcation line is clearer.

Entering the tunnel, the semicircular zone becomes quite clear, and the “figures” are still visible against the tunnel’s roof.

Here’s a photo of one of the Google street view cars. It seems apparent to me that for some reason, on that day’s shooting, the camera was capturing a reflection of its own mast superstructure.

But that’s hardly as exciting an answer as “It’s God!”

The Old Wolf has spoken.