Weird Face In the Pillars of Creation?

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Well I personally love the "Pillars of Creation" because they are magnificent. I was scanning one picture and i saw what look very close to a face and i thought i would like to share it.

Picture 1: "Pillars of Creation"
Picture 2: Face cropped out.
 

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Something that you have to realize is that the human brain is preprogrammed to recognize faces. You have things like the face on Mars.
 
I like the Canina Nebula myself. I can see a rabbit playing an accordion, a man in a space suit, 3 skulls, a dragon, one caterpillar, an x-ray of my lower intestines, a bunch of shrimp, and a gorilla staring at a seahorse.

Your weird face in the Pillars looks like a distorted slug to me.
 
How do you not see it :O it so clear .
 
Again, all sorts of things that, in reality, only vaguely resemble faces, the human brain notices a clear face in.

And yes, I do notice it. Interesting!
 
OmCheeto said:
I like the Canina Nebula myself. I can see a rabbit playing an accordion, a man in a space suit, 3 skulls, a dragon, one caterpillar, an x-ray of my lower intestines, a bunch of shrimp, and a gorilla staring at a seahorse.

Your weird face in the Pillars looks like a distorted slug to me.


It's a gorilla with a wig and Jar-Jar Binks staring at a seahorse! I think we have a winner :)
 
Samuel99 said:
How do you not see it :O it so clear .

Not to me. I don't see it at all.
 
Drakkith said:
Not to me. I don't see it at all.
Its so clear. Haha you can easily see the eyes the eyebrows the mouth and a weird beard.
 
Chalnoth said:
It's called pareidolia.
Probably.
 
clamtrox said:
It's a gorilla with a wig and Jar-Jar Binks staring at a seahorse! I think we have a winner :)

I see a hamster now wanting to eat the gorilla...

whats.it.called.jpg


where the hell is jar-jar?

argh.

time for bed again...
 
There's a lot of thing we can see in space that look familiar to us.
 
Samuel99 said:
Its so clear. Haha you can easily see the eyes the eyebrows the mouth and a weird beard.

Lol, not me. I have no idea how you're seeing it!
 
Drakkith said:
Lol, not me. I have no idea how you're seeing it!

I have no idea how your not seeing it.