Finger of God (disambiguation)
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Finger of God may refer to:
It is also the name of several rock formations, including:
- The biblical "finger of God" which is said to have written the Ten CommandmentsTen CommandmentsThe Ten Commandments, also known as the Decalogue , are a set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship, which play a fundamental role in Judaism and most forms of Christianity. They include instructions to worship only God and to keep the Sabbath, and prohibitions against idolatry,...
, and is connected with miracles, . - Fingers of GodFingers of GodFingers of God is an effect in observational cosmology that causes clusters of galaxies to be elongated in redshift space, with an axis of elongation pointed toward the observer. It is caused by a Doppler shift associated with the peculiar velocities of galaxies in a cluster...
, an effect in observational cosmology that causes clusters of galaxies to be elongated in redshift space, with an axis of elongation pointed toward the observer - The "Finger of God" or "God's Birdie", a feature of the Keyhole Nebula that resembles a rude hand gesture
- The Yod, an astrological formation also known as "The Finger of God".
It is also the name of several rock formations, including:
- El Dedo de DiosEl Dedo de DiosEl Dedo de Dios was a famous rock structure in the Atlantic Ocean, located in the northern part of Gran Canaria, one of the Canary Islands...
(which can be translated to English as "The Finger of God" or "God's Finger"), a rock formation in Spain - God's Finger, in the Serra dos ÓrgãosSerra dos ÓrgãosSerra dos Órgãos is a mountain range in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which was turned into a national park in 1939. It is located about a one-hour drive from the city of Rio de Janeiro....
, Brazil - MukurobMukurobThe Mukurob , near Asab in Namibia, was a sandstone rock formation in the Namib desert which collapsed on 4 December 1988.Nama oral tradition related that the power of the "white man" would end when this geological structure collapsed...
or "Finger of God", a rock formation in Namibia