Perceptions of religious imagery in natural phenomena sometimes glossed simulacrae amongst a suite of other terms are sightings of images with spiritual or religious themes or import to the perceiver. That which is perceived, for cultural sensitivity may be given the term 'icon'. 'Icon' in this usage holds no bias to any particular spiritual worldview, belief system or religious faith and partakes of the richness of the English term. The iconographic simulacrae discerned for example, whether iconic or aniconic, may be the faces of religious notables or the manifestation of spiritual symbols in the natural, organic media or phenomena of the natural world. The occurrence or event of perception may be transient or fleeting or may be more enduring and monumental. The phenomenon appears to appr