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[[Image:Cloud-Large.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Page 112 of the May 1963 edition of Life Magazine]]   
[[Image:Cloud-Large.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Page 112 of the May 1963 edition of Life Magazine]]   
At around sunset on February 28, 1963, a cloud appeared in the vicinity of Flagstaff, AZ and remained sunlit for 28 minutes after sunset.  It was highlighted in the [[Life Magazine May1963 (Page 112)|May 1963 edition of Life Magazine]].  In addition to Life Magazine, various articles written appeared in [http://www.spokenwordchurch.com/themessageresourcelibrary/Articles/Cloud%20Article%20-%20Science%20Magazine%20Cloud%20Article%20April%201963.pdf Science Magazine (April 19, 1963)], [http://www.spokenwordchurch.com/themessageresourcelibrary/Articles/Cloud%20Article%20-%20Dr%20McDonalds%20Cloud%20Investigation%20Supplement%201963.pdf an independent report issued May 31, 1963], and in [http://www.spokenwordchurch.com/themessageresourcelibrary/Articles/Cloud%20Article%20-%20Weather%20Wise%20Magazine%20Cloud%20Article%20June%201963.pdf Weatherwise Magazine (June 1963)].
At around sunset on February 28, 1963, a cloud appeared in the vicinity of Flagstaff, AZ and remained sunlit for 28 minutes after sunset.  It was highlighted in the [[Life Magazine May1963 (Page 112)|May 1963 edition of Life Magazine]].  In addition to Life Magazine, various articles written appeared in Science Magazine (April 19, 1963), an independent report issued May 31, 1963, and in Weatherwise Magazine (June 1963).


The cloud was very unusual and puzzled scientists at the time, who could not find a conclusive explanation for the cloud.  The height of the cloud was initially estimated by James E. McDonald from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Arizona, Tucson, as being approximately 35 kilometers but was later revised by him to be at approximately 43 kilometers (141,000 feet).  
The cloud was very unusual and puzzled scientists at the time, who could not find a conclusive explanation for the cloud.  The height of the cloud was initially estimated by James E. McDonald from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Arizona, Tucson, as being approximately 35 kilometers but was later revised by him to be at approximately 43 kilometers (141,000 feet).  
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=Facial Features=
=Facial Features=


The Life Magazine of the cloud possesses NO facial features at all
'''The Life Magazine of the cloud possesses NO facial features at all'''


When William Branham first attributed facial features to the cloud in the sermon 'It is the Rising of the Sun' (April 18,1965), he was not looking at the original Life Magazine photograp.  Rather, he was refering to a duotone (halftone) facsimile of the picture that Pastor Pearry Green had obtained from Shirley Abbott Studios of Beaumont, Texas.  It appears that deficiencies in the reproduction process created some patterns of lighter and darker shading not present in the original picture. some of which appeared to suggest two eyes and a nose. <ref>The Cloud Study, compiled by the Midnight Cry, May 2011 </ref>
When William Branham first attributed facial features to the cloud in the sermon 'It is the Rising of the Sun' (April 18, 1965), he was not looking at the original Life Magazine photograph.  Rather, he was referring to a duotone (halftone) facsimile of the picture that Pastor Pearry Green had obtained from Shirley Abbott Studios of Beaumont, Texas.  It appears that deficiencies in the reproduction process created some patterns of lighter and darker shading not present in the original picture. some of which appeared to suggest two eyes and a nose. <ref>The Cloud Study, compiled by the Midnight Cry, May 2011 </ref>
 
=Evidence from the Branham Family=
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