Man in the moon (pareidolia on the Google Earth Moon...)
Aug 28, 2015 16:28:22 GMT
nostranger and PIT like this
Post by TomKjeldsen on Aug 28, 2015 16:28:22 GMT
The Man in the Moon is an imaginary figure resembling a human face, head or body, that observers from some cultural backgrounds typically perceive in the bright disc of the full moon. The figure is composed of the dark areas (the lunar maria, or "seas") and lighter highlands of the lunar surface.
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update:
When I posted this back in 2009 it was, of course, for fun and just to illustrate a old sort of legend, dating back to before the human civilization developed the capabilities of studying the moon too enough detail and with a scientific approach then to realize that it is a object in space and that it is not and has not any 'human' like properties.
But as the internet works, back then it was misinterpreted as I actually was a believer that here was a man in the moon. Mostly because I missed to put some smileys to indicate that. So for this re-post I give you a bunch of smileys in OP for a start.
smileys are added to ensure nobody are supposed to take this as if there actually is a man in the moon...
Next I will below quote/incorporate some info on Pareidolia, similar as done in this post I re-posted a couple of days ago:
links:
Man_in_the_Moon on wikipedia
Pareidolia (wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia
Finding Hidden Faces In Google Earth's Landscapes
www.fastcodesign.com/1672781/finding-hidden-faces-in-google-earths-landscapes
Pareidolia: Why we see faces in hills, the Moon and toasties
www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22686500
Face of Indian Head in the Hills
oGEC Face of Indian Head in the Hills
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Download a identical copy of the attached file below from here (suitable for non Google Earth Community members)![]()
This post is a re-post of a original 2009-12-09 (yyyy-mm-dd) Google Earth Community post![]()
bigger picture
===============
update:
When I posted this back in 2009 it was, of course, for fun and just to illustrate a old sort of legend, dating back to before the human civilization developed the capabilities of studying the moon too enough detail and with a scientific approach then to realize that it is a object in space and that it is not and has not any 'human' like properties.
But as the internet works, back then it was misinterpreted as I actually was a believer that here was a man in the moon. Mostly because I missed to put some smileys to indicate that. So for this re-post I give you a bunch of smileys in OP for a start.
smileys are added to ensure nobody are supposed to take this as if there actually is a man in the moon...
Next I will below quote/incorporate some info on Pareidolia, similar as done in this post I re-posted a couple of days ago:
links:
Man_in_the_Moon on wikipedia
Pareidolia (wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia
Finding Hidden Faces In Google Earth's Landscapes
www.fastcodesign.com/1672781/finding-hidden-faces-in-google-earths-landscapes
Pareidolia: Why we see faces in hills, the Moon and toasties
www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22686500
Face of Indian Head in the Hills
oGEC Face of Indian Head in the Hills
===============
Download a identical copy of the attached file below from here (suitable for non Google Earth Community members)
This post is a re-post of a original 2009-12-09 (yyyy-mm-dd) Google Earth Community post
