Person captures 'glitch in the matrix' while taking a photo of the sky and no one can explain it

A photograph of the sky has been praised as a 'rare good post' showing a 'glitch in the matrix' with others convinced it's 'just the actual matrix'.

Whether it's a group of birds appearing to 'freeze' or an eerie picture of someone in their wedding dress, some have been left convinced that The Matrix is not just a film starring Keanu Reeves, but that we're actually living in our very own sci-fi drama.

And yet another image, seemingly confirming everyone's fears, has since been doing the rounds on social media.

A Reddit user called u/twisted_stinkeye took to thread r/GlitchInTheMatrix to share a photograph taken of the sky, sun and a road alongside a drawn on arrow pointing to the part of the sky which shows the sun poking through the clouds.

The caption reads: "I thought it was a reflection in the clouds then zoomed in."

Indeed, if you have a little zoom into the image, you can see the arrow is pointing to not just clouds and rays of sun, but a little area of green dots peaking out of the clouds which - there's no denying - looks out of place and slightly alien-esque.

And it's not taken long for people to weigh in.

One user u/Phyllida_Poshtart wrote: "Right then so no glitch in the matrix......just the actual matrix. Excellent. Not sure what the hell that could be tbh but it looks very symbolic in a close up."

"Rare good post," another user u/Etucc commented.

And TikToker Grace - who goes by @gracefulshift - took to her page to analyse the image too.

The TikToker identified the oddity as a 'lens flare from the sun' but questioned why it's the shape of a 'honeycomb'.

She said she thought it was just a 'coincidence' she kept seeing so many examples of a honeycomb lens flare, however, after realizing 'multiple people from multiple different areas' were spotting them she decided to investigate.

Grace explained she's only seen photographic evidence of this honeycomb flare in 'the last couple of days' and called on people to come forward if they've experienced it too.

"What is this? Why is this? It's really strange. There's talks of fake suns in the sky, like are you serious?"

However, there may be a fairly simple explanation.

SimplyMac explains it's likely you're seeing these peculiar green dots when pointing your camera 'directly towards a light source'.

Basically, when you point your camera directly at a source of light - such as the sun in the photograph above - the light reflects and scatters off parts of the camera lens.

The scattering of the light then appears in the image either like a streak of light or it can also appear like a green dot too - which would explain the above.

So, no Matrix this time, sorry Keanu fans.