Twice a yr, the Superstition Mountains in Arizona are residence to a natural phenomenon that many journey to see. The spectacle happens when the solar units at simply the best angle to solid a moderately unique-looking shadow on the mountainside. The well-known “cougar shadow” uncannily resembles a cougar chasing prey down the mountain. It only appears throughout the third week of March and the third week of September.
Sadly, this yr, a wildfire within the Superstitions will probably erase any alternative for photographers to glimpse the elusive cougar shadow in September. Nevertheless, one photog took to Instagram to share a time-lapse video of the shadow materializing in a earlier yr.
Adrian M. Flores is a photographer from Tucson, Arizona who enjoys touring as much as the foot of the Superstitions for an opportunity at viewing the shadow. Flores laments that wildfires are thwarting this yr’s September journey. Fortunately, Flores’s 2022 footage is nice and must maintain us throughout till subsequent March.
See time-lapse footage of the cougar shadow right here:
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Have you ever heard of this distinctive cougar shadow?