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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social

Jupiter looking at Earth

A Picasso-like face appears to emerge from the turbulent atmosphere in a phenomenon called #pareidolia, in which viewers spy faces and other recognizable objects within random patterns.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/31/world/nasa-jupiter-face-ghostly-hand-nebula-scn/index.html

#astrophotography
#Jupiter

Jupiter's swirling atmosphere appears to include a face in this image taken by JunoCam. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Vladimir Tarasov

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65dBnoise @65dBnoise@mastodon.social

@JoseAC
Now that would be interesting, wouldn't it? Martian rocks finally fighting back, and grabbing the alien beast by the tool that hurt them most!

But no, I don't know whether that's the reason for the delay in processing the sample, or there's something else happening there.

Hélène Cook @helenecookphoto@pixelfed.social

Angry owl - Pannenhuis metro station, Brussels
From my 'metro creatures series'

© helene-cook.eu
#brussels #bruxelles #photography #photographersofpixelfed #urbanphotographer #artyear #urbanphotography #unjourunephoto
#architecturephotography #metrophotography #metro #underground #subway #subwayphotography #undergroundphotography #undergroundstation #subwaystation #metrostation #metropolitana #ubahn #pareidolia

Ceiling in Pannenhuis metro station in Brussels made of skylights and red and orange pipes. The picture framing shape an angry owl.

Kate Roberts @krra@indieweb.social

I know these aren’t googly eyes but it made me immensely happy when I saw it #pareidolia #boston

A building under construction with an exposed plywood facade. There are two security cameras (maybe?) mounted side by side on the facade, which look like huge, very amusing googly eyes. Further, there is a band of light beneath it that looks like a subtle frown.

Hélène Cook @helenecookphoto@pixelfed.social

Happy Easter from the 'Cyber-bunny' - Florenc Metro Station, Prague
From my 'Metro Creatures' series

© helene-cook.eu
#Prague #czechrepublic #photography #urbanphotography #architecturephotography #metrophotography #metro #underground #subway #subwayphotography #undergroundphotography #undergroundstation #subwaystation #metrostation #metropolitana #ubahn #pareidolia #thingswithfaces

Wide angle symetrical shot of the white curved ceiling of one of the platforms of the metro station Florenc in Prague. The shadows of the lamps and other objects hanging from the ceiling draw a giant rabbit head over the ceiling.

#thingswithfaces

John Faithfull @FaithfullJohn@mastodon.scot

Out looking at metamorphic rocks on the south coast of Mull last week. We weren't expecting an ostrich! #Pareidolia #ThingsThatLookLikeOtherThings #Mull #Ostrich #Moine #Metamorphic

A close up view of a distant green grassy slope with grey rock outcrops, and a scattering of sheep along the top of the slope.
In the centre of view appears to be an ostrich, looking, or walking to the right. In fact it is just a chance view of a rock outcrops and boulders.

~meoralis~ @meoralis@pixelfed.social

Frohe #Ostern // Happy #Easter to those who celebrate!

#clouds #Wolken #cloudPorn #cloudFormation #ISeeFaces #ISeeBunnies #bunny #Wolkenformation #Hase #Wolkenhase #Kaninchen #Pareidolie #pareidolia #stillerSonntag #SilentSunday

A dramatic view of a dark, heavy cloud dominating the lower half of the frame, its edges illuminated by a bright light source peeking from behind it on the right. Above the dark cloud, a patch of clear, deep blue sky contrasts with the lighter, greyish clouds filling the upper portion of the image. A small portion of this cloud looks like a bunny, sitting on the edge of the dark cloud. Sunlight streams out from behind the main cloud, creating a radiant effect.

~meoralis~ @meoralis@pixelfed.social

Here's a little water tower in #Bitterfeld which is just as surprised as I am that my train is running into delays of 90 minutes (and counting).

/sarcasm

#pareidolia #Pareidolie #ISeeFaces #brick #brickwork #waterTower #Wasserturm #Backstein #Backsteinbau #brickArchitecture

A ground-level, medium shot features a weathered, octagonal brick tower under a cloudy sky. The tower is constructed from yellow-brown bricks and shows signs of age and disrepair, with some missing bricks and areas of crumbling mortar. It has several arched openings, some of which are boarded up or filled with dark vegetation, while others are empty. Small, rectangular windows are also visible higher up the structure.
The top of the tower is crenellated, with unevenly spaced battlements. Graffiti in blue and green is visible on one of the lower sections of the tower. The tower is situated on a patch of green grass and weeds, adjacent to a grey asphalt road in the foreground.
Bare trees with spindly branches stand on either side of the tower. In the background, glimpses of houses and other vegetation are visible under a sky filled with grey and white clouds, hinting at overcast weather conditions.

#brickarchitecture

Hélène Cook @helenecookphoto@pixelfed.social

'The dragonfly' - Ladvi station, Prague metro
From my Metro creatures series

©helene-cook.eu
Remember the exhausted Evinrude character in the Disney movie The Rescuers

?
#art #photography #pareidolia #photographersofpixelfed #urbanphotographer #artyear #urbanphotography #urban#unjourunephoto #metrophotography #metro #underground #subway #subwayphotography #undergroundphotography #undergroundstation #subwaystation #metrostation #metropolitana #ubahn

Wide-angle symmetrical shot of a metro platform with white, blue and red stripes at the Ladvi metro station in Prague. Those stripes are reflected in a big round metal pillar with a mirror effect in the foreground of the image creating two sorts of googly eyes.

Jer @jerzone@techhub.social

Spire at top of Smithfield United Church of Christ in Pittsburgh which is a latticework of metal. There appears to be a walking area below that and maybe a bell tower inside? The sky behind it (and seen through the lattice) is a blue sky with thin, fluffy clouds vying for a spot. If you were someone who saw faces in things then that cloud on the left surely looks like an aardvark.

#SilentSunday #Pittsburgh #facesInThings

chestas @chestas@aus.social

Me: What do you think of tariffs?
Bread: ...

Slice of bread with gaps that look like two beady eyes and a mouth. The face looks upset

#tariffs #bread #pareidolia

Uwe Küchler @oraculix@ieji.de

«Der Schrei», in einer #Pareidolie -Version, zum #Fensterfreitag

Sant Martì de Capsec, #Catalunya, Spanien.

Detailaufnahme eines alten Kirchturms im Abendlicht. Zwei arkadenartige Fenster oben und ein kreisrundes Fenster unten muten wie ein Gesicht mit geöffnetem Mund an.
Links und rechts Schatten zweier Zypressen, die als erhobene Hände interpretiert werden können.

#pareidolia #photography #WindowFriday

Reconeixement de cares :-| @decares@mastodon.social

Març 2025. #MontfalcoMurallat

#CCbysa
#032025

Cara-porta
Oh!

#DeCares
#FacesEverywhere
#pareidolia

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Rauli Häyrynen 狼 @radulfr@mastodontti.fi

Kahdet kasvot. Jälkimmäisen kuvan tikku on luultavasti jonkun siihen asettama. #pareidolia

Kallion pinnalla vaaleankeltaisia ja harmaita rupijäkäliä. Jäkälässä on kaksi pyöreää, silmämäistä aukkoa, joiden alapuolella on sammalesta muodostunut suun kaltainen kaari.

Puun kannossa kaksi kääpää silminä ja niiden alapuolella kaareva tikku suuna.

Bjorn Idle @BjornIdle@mastodonapp.uk

So, is this car:

a) Frightened
b) Amazed
c) Determined
d) A shark
f) Something else...
g) Where did e) go? Let me know if you find it!

Looking slightly upward at the front of a 1960s silver car. It has a low oval-shaped grill at the bottom, with two round lights above it and no bumper bar, plus extra lights at the extreme left and right. The bonnet looks arched with a slight ridge at the top and the shape of the whole thing looks a bit like a cartoon face, slightly pointed like a shark's

There's grass underneath and lots of tree branches behind it.

#Anthropomorphism #Pareidolia #Cars

Jer @jerzone@techhub.social

a 3d printed wind spinner with 3 blades and a hub that has 2 out of 3 screws holding blades in, giving it a look like a face with some really dizzy eyes.

#pareidolia #windSpinner #3dPrinting

rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org

Legno triste.

Sad wood.

Un pezzo di compensato con tre fori che fanno venire in mente una faccia triste.

A piece of plywood with three holes remembering a sad face.

#mastofficina #pareidolia

Jer @jerzone@techhub.social

It was a fierce, cold wind that greeted me on this morning's ride.
#pareidolia #BikeTooter #GravelCycling #RailTrail #NHwx

lightning-esque holes in ice formed by warm water currents rising from lake floor, but these have a rather sinister look to them with eyes and a broad mouth

bike posed in front of partially thawed lake in weather just a little above freezing, but the sky has some blue and the sun is shining

GIF

psa2ar @psa2ar@pixelfed.social

#nature #naturephotography #forest #green #moss #light #shadow #pareidolia #face

scott️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Well, GORSH! #pareidolia

A blue and white trim suburban house seen from an angle that makes the upstairs windows look like eyes, and the curved arch of the porch look like a mouth gaping in reaction to something—for an early 20th century cartoon vibe.

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