After dinner yesterday, Damsel looked out of the front window and saw a cloud that appeared to look like the silhouette of an aircraft. She grabbed her camera and got this image of the phenomenon before it morphed into a randomly shaped cloud.
I remembered that there is a term to describe seeing objects in nature that one perceives as resembling something else. However, I could not remember the exact term so I did an internet search on “clouds that resemble things” and found a definition on Askville which led me to this definition on Wikipedia:
Pareidolia
Pareidolia (parr-i-DOH-lee-uh) is a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant, a form of apophenia. Common examples include seeing images of animals or faces in clouds, the man in the moon or the Moon rabbit, and hearing hidden messages on records when played in reverse.
Interesting. Click on the image to enlarge.
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Did you hear “Ride of the Valkyries” in the background?
Also, I know the Moon Rabbit. There’s a Lady in the Moon, too.
No musical accompaniment, just the usual desert deafening silence. 😉
I’ve never heard about lunar rabbits or women. Enlighten us . . .
The left eye of the Man in the Moon (the face that looks straight at us) can resemble a running rabbit, and just below that, there is a woman’s face in left profile. I don’t remember the website, but there is one that shows the different forms the “seas” suggest.
I did a little research on the moon rabbit and found that Chinese folklore talks about the “jade rabbit.” The Chinese currently have a lunar lander named after the rabbit parked on the moon.
See these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rabbit
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140203.html
I didn’t have much luck looking for the lady though.