Texas Tech Photographer Captures Numbers 345 In Clouds

I’m not big on conspiracy theories, but woof... this one has all the earmarks of one.

Imagine the excitement inside Galaxy Stadium. The pageantry, adrenaline and pure energy of game day are pretty incredible. There’s noise everywhere, the crowd is fired up, and every few minutes something happens that feels worth remembering.

Our friend Topher Covarrubio knows that feeling well. He loves capturing special moments at the stadium without overdoing it. He’ll take a few great pictures, put the camera away, and then watch his Red Raiders play with the same passion as everybody else.

At this point I'm going to tell you to scroll slowly, so you don't spoil the surprise for yourself.

In the past, Topher has provided us with some fantastic shots from the inaugural tortilla launches — pictures that may end up being some of the best, and possibly some of the last, taken of that Texas Tech tradition.

This time around, though, he caught something completely different.

Why Are There Numbers In The Clouds?

First off, the picture itself is worthy of printing out and putting on the wall. It’s just that cool. The wide-angle view of Galaxy Stadium, the planes overhead and the blue sky make it an incredible shot all by itself.

Then you start looking at the clouds.

For some reason, it really looks like the numbers 3, 4 and 5 are hanging in the sky.

And not vaguely, either. Once you see them, it’s hard to unsee them. See if you can spot them before I give it away.

We’ve all stared at clouds and picked out a face, an animal, a dragon or some other familiar shape. That’s just how our brains work. But usually, it’s one cloud that kind of resembles one thing.

This looks like somebody numbered the sky.

Three. Four. Five.

That’s what makes the photo feel so bizarre. It isn’t just one random shape. It’s three recognizable number-like shapes appearing in the same picture, and they even seem to be in sequence.

I did ask Topher about how he took the photo, because I knew photography fans would want to know. He told me it was shot with an Insta360 X5 in “Tiny Planet Mode,” which explains the dramatic curved view of the stadium.

It does not, however, explain why the clouds apparently learned how to count.

I’m still not calling it a conspiracy.

But I’m also not saying the sky isn’t trying to tell us something.