Have You Seen an Angel?

Beliefnet readers share photos of unusual angel sightings.

Was that an angel's shadow on the wall or an angel's outline in the sky? In this updated gallery, our readers share more photos of celestial figures they saw morning to night, grouped in clouds and shaped in waterfalls.

Comfort in the Clouds

While walking one evening on a pier, the sky opened up with this angel. We had just moved [to Texas] from California after tragically losing our 38-year-old son to suicide. This angel was very comforting to me.

Sharon Walker
Rockport, TX

Divine Creations

While on a nature hike with my great nephew, we discussed God's wonderful creations and how he made the trees, birds, grass, and everything. I took a picture of some [shipping] containers we sell at work and this was the picture that was developed. I truly believe God was there.

Lisa Hendrickson
Lawton, OK

Something Amazing

As I was going home from work one rainy afternoon in Sept. 2007, I took out my camera as I always do. I wanted to get a good shot of the sun's rays coming down from behind the dark clouds. [W]hen I downloaded this photo, I saw this amazing sight. [The photo] is my reminder of why, after 53 years, I am still here. I call this shot "Do You See What I See?"

Harriett E. Estrada
Greenville, TX

No Ordinary Woman

I took this picture in my back garden in late summer 2007. I couldn't believe my eyes as the angel hovered above me for about 10 minutes. Everyone I have shown the picture to thinks it is a woman. Personally, I believe it is a woman carrying a child...What do you think?

Michael Donnelly
Cambridge, England

Horseman with Sword

My son took [this photo] as we were driving to Ocean Shores, WA. We had been discussing the coming of Christ and [in] this picture you can see a figure on a horse with a sword--in the sun!

Donna Blakley
Sumner, WA

Rush Hour Details

I had just spent a challenging afternoon with my 90-year-old father trying to sort some problems he was having. As I left his residence, I looked up and saw an angel in the sky. [This] picture was taken in downtown San Mateo, CA during rush hour traffic on a Friday afternoon. [W]hen I printed the picture, I discovered another angel in the clouds. The angels helped me to see the bigger spiritual picture and to not get hung up on small earthly details.

Judi Forney
Cottonwood, CA

Wings in the Waterfall

Here is a picture I took of a waterfall near Malibu, California. What a surprise when I developed the picture to see an angel with wings and a tilted head with a halo. My angel follows me and I have another picture of her in a magical place on Maui.

Annette Rawlings
Lahaina, HI

A Cheerful Sight to See

While driving my daughter to her night class, I was about to shield my eyes from the setting sun when I saw this cloud in the sky. Instantaneously, I grabbed my camera. The photo cheered me up from my everyday routine....

Robin Dunlop
Hazel Park, MI

Angels in the Storm

One day in November 2005, there was a big storm cloud moving across Keweenaw Bay. I noticed the contrast of the dark, black cloud and the blazing sun. The photo I took looks absolutely angelic--blue orbs and all!

Donna MacIntosh
Baraga, MI

A Trail of Angels

In spring 2006, my daughter Kelley and I were in the car going to her voice lessons. As we were driving we noticed how unusual the sky looked--bright blue with wispy clouds. There was no denying the clouds looked like angels--and we believe they were.

Lynn Coyne
Endicott, NY

The Shadow of an Angel

My 41-year-old husband died on Nov. 30, 2004 from pancreatic cancer. I asked him to send me signs when he arrived safely in heaven. He told me, "In two weeks it will all be said and done and you can move on with your life." Exactly two weeks after his death, this angel silhouette appeared in my skylight window.

Sharon Wittek
Elma, NY

Miracles to Strengthen Faith

This photograph was taken on Sunday, November 30, 2003. I believe the Divine gave this miracle--clouds shaped like angels--to strengthen my faith and to remind me there is something much greater.

Angelo Michael Nicolas
Phoenix, AZ

Window Visitors

In June 2003, I snapped this photo while children were putting on a play in church. I always pray God will send angels to watch over the children so I wasn't shocked to discover angels coming through the window.

Janice Goggin
Gulfport, MS

Mother-and-Child in the Sky

My husband and I were fishing on the Indian River near our home. I told my husband to look at a cloud shaped like an angel's wing. When I developed the picture I took of the cloud, I noticed it also looked like an angel holding a child.

Lavina Burgess
Edgewater, FL

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