這幾天收到一封很令皇后感到震驚的圖片,
主旨是  母子祈禱,
打開後......

 

What is so spectacular on it?
它到底有什麼是那麼令人驚奇的呢？

This picture shows a rock on a sea in Birmania, it is only possible to see this once a year with a special angle of the sun and special light conditions. 
這麼圖片呈現出的是在Birmania海上的一個大岩石。一年只有這麼一次，當太陽位於一個特別的角度並且在特別的光線條件下，才有可能看得到這一景象。 
 

Bend your head to the left and see how spectacular it is. 
將你的頭向左傾，看看它有多麼奇妙。 

就在皇后了解其圖令人震驚之處後, 
突然讓皇后有一種很不舒服的感覺, 
頓時全身寒毛直豎, 
到現在還是說不出所以然來. 
 

基於求知心, 也可能太閑了, 
好奇這樣驚人的景觀究竟在何處? 

於是上網了解Birmania是在緬甸，
進而發現原來此幅早於去年一月份已在美國網路上被討論過，
以下是摘錄美國Yahoo的知識家： 
 

It's just a painting - not a photograph of a real rock structure. There is no such place as this in - you would have heard about it before if it was so. See the comments below ....
COMMENT 1
"The text also included the dubious statement: 'This is a picture of a rock formation near a lake in . The photo can only be taken on a specific day once a year when the sun rays touch the rocks at a certain angle.'
That doesn't even look like the kind of thing you could only see once a year. And considering the woman's eye is made of trees...how long has this even been visible?"
COMMENT 2
"It's a not bad painting, though the subject matter is a little bit sickly for my tastes. At least it's quite inventive compared to some religious paintings.
But painting it blatantly is. The light is wrong, the sky is wrong, the reflections are a bit out, and, frankly, it's obviously a painting. Or some form of created artwork. So the person on the message board who posted it saying 'If you ever wonder if God exists, take a look at this' seems to not get out of the house much. Or at least out of their own mind much."
http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php...

COMMENT 3
"It would seem highly likely that the picture is a work of art rather than a photograph of a real rock formation. However, at this point, I have not been able to track down the origins of the image."
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/burma-rock-fo... 
http://www.aladdin.co.kr/shop/common/wbook_talktalk.aspx?ISBN=898662172X&BranchType=1&CommunityType=PhotoReview&PaperId=841194

總括以上結論： 

這是一幅畫，出處是一個韓國畫家的兒童繪本（見以上comment 3），所繪的地點是緬甸一個湖邊（非於海邊）。 
 

皇后的感想及結語：  
1.        以皇后很外行的眼光，這幅畫得真的很細緻，一時之間真以為是加工的相片。  

2.        有些人真是厲害，竟然可以指出那麼多點（見以上comment 2: 光線不對,天空顏色不對及水影的反應太過）來說明是幅畫。 

3.        可能原來的景觀是有那麼點像，但經過畫家的巧手及想像力，這個地點就給它硬生生的像極了「母子祈禱」。  

4.        其實，這幅畫雖讓皇后感到極為震驚，並沒有讓皇后有很舒服的感覺，特別是直立後來看；因圖上的岩石讓人感覺猙獰，幾乎草木不生，只有青苔，而且整幅畫顏色過於灰暗，乍看會覺得母子身上長出鱗片之類，以為這個岩石背後又有啥悲慘母子故事，不能想像這是出自小孩的繪本。。。