--- title: The Face of Jesus Appeared After a Rock Slide in Columbia description: The face of Jesus has appeared on a hillside in Columbia, and so many worshippers have come that police were brought in to manage the crowd. canonical: https://time.com/3755832/jesus-face-columbia/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-24T13:44:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:17:56.462Z og:title: Colombia Rockslide Reveals 'Face of Jesus' og:description: Can you see it? og:url: https://time.com/3755832/jesus-face-columbia/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Colombia Rockslide Reveals 'Face of Jesus' twitter:description: Can you see it? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Did the 'Face of Jesus' Appear in a Colombian Rockslide?  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Mar 24, 2015 1:44 PM UTC  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Mar 24, 2015 1:44 PM UTC A landslide in Colombia has reportedly yielded what some are calling a miracle — the face of Jesus, etched on a hillside. > [](https://twitter.com/TelegraphPics/status/580325743848128512) So many worshippers came to the site in Putumayo that police have been brought in to manage the crowd, Colombian newspaper [_El Tiempo_ reports](http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/otras-ciudades/derrumbe-formo-el-rostro-de-jesus/15445256), and some locals have begun charging the pilgrims to see the face. “If you believe in Jesus, you will see your image,” Ximena Rosero Arango, one of the people who came to the site, told the newspaper. The image has also been making the rounds on social media since Saturday, when the crowds first began arriving. If the image is real it would be a departure for the Son of God; usually, the countenance divine is revealed in [foodstuffs](http://www.buzzfeed.com/arielknutson/people-who-found-jesus-in-their-food#.qmMzOBvlQd). \[[_El Tiempo_](http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/otras-ciudades/derrumbe-formo-el-rostro-de-jesus/15445256)\] The Face of Jesus Appeared After a Rock Slide in Columbia ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3755832/jesus-face-columbia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3755832/jesus-face-columbia/"},"headline":"Did the 'Face of Jesus' Appear in a Colombian Rockslide?","datePublished":"2015-03-24T13:44:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:17:56.462Z","description":"The face of Jesus has appeared on a hillside in Columbia, and so many worshippers have come that police were brought in to manage the crowd.","url":"https://time.com/3755832/jesus-face-columbia/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Religion","Jesus","faith"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3755832/jesus-face-columbia/","name":"Did the 'Face of Jesus' Appear in a Colombian Rockslide?"}}]}] ```