Pareidolia

[Vardoger]

Be afraid, very afraid...

 

[Amergin]

On ‘Astronomy Picture of the Day’ today, “A Face in the Clouds of Jupiter from Juno”. See:

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

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The above link takes you to the picture of the day so it changes every 24 hours, here is the link to the referenced image

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210608.html

 

[Frideswide]

On ‘Astronomy Picture of the Day’ today, “A Face in the Clouds of Jupiter from Juno”. See:

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

wide-mouthed frog?

 

[Mythopoeika]

wide-mouthed frog?

That frog's family may be online and may see that jocular comment. Imagine that, at a time when they may be going through a personal crisis?

 

[Yithian]

One of Rev. W. Awdry's latter-day tales:

Dimitri The Post-Soviet Diesel Engine

 

[Frideswide]

Dimitri the Post-Soviet Diesel engine

Is that Olga to the left of the picture? she has lovely eyes

 

[Yithian]

The grain of wood with its knots seems to lend itself to the perception of facial features. One of these, I think, has already appeared upthread.

Emu (sans Rod Hull)

E.T.

Ren (minus Stimpy)

 

[hunck]

From an article on facial pareidolia in the Guardian

 

[Nosmo King]

"Neptune seems to have made an appearance on the East Sussex coast during a storm.

The sighting of the "face" of the Roman god of water was captured by BBC photographer Jeff Overs in Newhaven on Tuesday.

He took the picture as waves crashed over the harbour wall during the storm.

The sighting seems to be an example of pareidolia - when an image is seen in an otherwise random or ambiguous visual pattern."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-57770547

 

[EnolaGaia]

From an article on facial pareidolia in the Guardian

RE: The article on a recent pareidolia research study

See Also: https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-why-we-tend-to-see-faces-everywhere-we-look

Here's a sample of the pseudo-faces the researchers presented to test subjects.

 

[Vardoger]

 

[escargot]

Was sent this today.

 

[Nosmo King]

Bewildered box gets thrown out like common trash

 

[Yithian]

My dog is not his usual self.

 

[JamesWhitehead]

Was sent this today.

Mother: Oh look! There's a pretty Butterfly Bush!
Child: You mean that great big Purple Dick Tree?
Mother: No sweets for a week!

 

[Amergin]

My dog is not his usual self.

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You see, that’s the nature of inherited traits with labradors.
Chip off the old block.

 

[gordonrutter]

My dog is not his usual self.

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Don’t you mean your dog is not his usual shelf?

 

[Nosmo King]

This Rock Cross Section Looks Like The Ocean

 

[Anonymous34905]

This Rock Cross Section Looks Like The Ocean

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Beautiful

 

[Nosmo King]

And this rug pattern that looks frighteningly like Pennywise:​

 

[Anonymous34905]

And this rug pattern that looks frighteningly like Pennywise:​

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I really see pennywise! Very cool!

A friend of mine did tell me that he saw things in carpets which made me laugh hugely at the time!

Clouds are my favourite for spotting animals and things.

 

[Nosmo King]

I really see pennywise! Very cool!

A friend of mine did tell me that he saw things in carpets which made me laugh hugely at the time!

Clouds are my favourite for spotting animals and things.

This one is pretty cool.

Cloud That Looks Like A Feather

 

[Amergin]

Just tidying up some old photos on the phone, and found this, taken at the New Year’s Eve “Allendale Barl” 5 years ago. I completely missed the demonic figure rising from the bonfire.

 

[Yithian]

The next time he leaves the bedroom door open, I'm going to make a break for it.

 

[Swifty]

It's a mutant!

 

[Vardoger]

 

[escargot]

Just tidying up some old photos on the phone, and found this, taken at the New Year’s Eve “Allendale Barl” 5 years ago. I completely missed the demonic figure rising from the bonfire.

You need to post that on one of those American ghost photo sites. It will be identified as a demon in NO time.

 

[Vardoger]

You need to post that on one of those American ghost photo sites. It will be identified as a demon in NO time.

Americans just luv demons nowadays!

 

[Amergin]

This from the Laughing Squid website (many layers of synchronicity here)
“How Octopuses Use Trial and Error Methods to Get What They Want” An interesting story in itself: https://laughingsquid.com/how-octopuses-use-trial-and-error/

But can anyone else spot the befuddled presence formed from background paraphernalia in the photo, or have I overdone the Harvey’s Bristol Cream tonight?

 

[Vardoger]

It's that time of the year.