#pareidolia

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[drrockclub]

Frog Rock

The frog rock is a granite boulder which was fractured and weathered by natural processes that made it develop a shape that resembles a crouching frog. This is an example of pareidolia, which is a human tendency of seeing shapes of animals, human faces etc. in inanimate objects.

Mudgee, NSW, Australia

[zegalba]

Pareidolia is the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus, usually visual, so that one sees an object, pattern or meaning where there is none

[voiceofnature]

A mossy fairytale from the Norwegian woods.

[soracities]

Snow everywhere descending. It gathers to a whiteness [...] You look like someone I used to love, only colder.

Kim Addonizio, from ‘Pareidolia’, Wild Nights: New and Selected Poems

[miss-vortex]

The Orchid is incredible - not only are there thousands of species all over the world, but this flowering plant is a master of mimicry. Below are 10 quirky and beautiful species of orchid which closely resemble other living creatures.

1. Flying duck orchid (Caleana major)

2. Monkey orchid (Dracula simia)

3. White egret flower (Pecteilis radiata)

4. Naked man orchid 🤣 (Orchis italica)

5. Dove orchid (Peristeria)

6. Laughing bee orchid (Ophrys apifera)

7. Swaddled baby orchid (Anguloa uniflora)

8. Moon orchid which appears to have a tiger inside (Phalaenopsis amabilis)

9. Ballerina orchid (Caladenia melanema)

10. Moth orchid (Phalaenopsis)

[madcat-world]

Pareidolia - Mariusz Lewandowski

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[jasonraish]

My second collaboration with Criterion. Wrap around slip case cover art and additional wrap around interior case cover art for Wall-E, Pixar/Disney's first release with The Criterion Collection. 4K UHD and Blu-Ray. Eric Skillman at Criterion's idea was brilliant and it was so cool having Wall-E director Andrew Stanton draw his very smart tweaks on top of my sketches. They are both the best in the biz and I'm honored to have worked on this project with them.

[oneheadtoanother]

[colonellickburger]

Rebecca Cole. Pareidolia: Snowy Apparition. Wharfedale valley, Yorkshire, England

[sluggoonthestreet]

Ingrid faces each new day with eyes wide open and a skedaddle pre-loaded.

[fractiousrvt]

Bitter that these clouds managed to draw a more realistic eye than I can

[zespaceblog]

The Martian Bear

Sometimes our idiotic human brain just cannot see what's really there, rather, preferring to see what our ancestors needed to see.

Pareidolia aside, this has to be one of my recent favourites, it's true that the pattern alerts all the wrong neurons, but it also draws us to the further questions. Ok, it's not really a bear, so what on Mars is it ?

The MRO posted the image last month, and what it's actually showing I'll quote the HiRISE chief scientist.

“There is a mound with a V-shaped collapse structure (the nose), two fossae (the eyes), and a circular fracture pattern (the head),” says HiRISE chief scientist Alfred MacEwen. “The circular pattern of the fracture could be due to sediment being deposited on a buried impact crater. Perhaps the nose is a volcanic or mud vent and the sediment could be lava or mudflows?”

Of course, it could be that Bears evolved elsewhere, came to Earth before humanity got going, and thought they'd draw a funny image to drive the monkeys mad, but I'll probably go with chief scientist.

[noneun]

Ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata) close-up. As you can see, this Coleoptera has a skull painted on its head, just like a common heavy metal band member:

Many thanks to @sarcasm-andotherstuff for her pareidolic superpowers.

[madcat-world]

Dragon Mountain - Sandara Tang