The gilts are all of unknown origin and have defied chemical analysis. Recently, NASA photographic research reveals that in the eyes, not only are colors and pupils clearly evident, but reflections as well. In the reflections we see men kneeling, some clearly Indian, some in clerical garb. There is the reflection of Juan s village. Furthermore, these reflections appear in a manner and at an angle which matches precisely that of what a human eye would reflect.
Further research reveals even the presence of blood vessels and capillaries with in the eye.
No human artist could have ever painted this. Not in this detail, not on this material, and not with colors that no one has been able to duplicate since. And if that weren t enough, French astronomers have determined that the layout of the stars on her green-blue colored mantel, match precisely with what a Mexican would have seen in the sky in December of 1531, the proper arrangement of constellations so exact. Ultimately, though, the miracle of her apparition and her image aren t about science and explanation. The real miracle was that Mary so loves her Son, and her spiritual children here on earth, that she chose one simple man to share a message of salvation to a continent, and in so doing, converted literally millions to the Faith.