There's A Cat In The Omega Nebula (You won't believe this)

Dark Roasted Blend ^ | January 2012 | Avi Abrams

[Windflier]

Find the bright star in the (upper) blue portion of the nebula. Look straight down and you can see the tip of the cat's left ear.

Look down and to the left, and you can see two perfectly symmetrical eyes, with a perfectly formed feline nose between them, exactly where you'd expect it to be.

It gets even weirder. Look above the cat's right eye and you can faintly see its right ear sticking up. If you can now clearly see the face of the cat, look to your right and you will see its entire body.

Even spookier....I can even see the spotted markings on the cat's face, and whiskers.

[Windflier]

I know that some may have a hard time seeing the cat, but it stood right out the first time I looked at this image. It's so clear and perfect, that my first thought was, that another image must have somehow been superimposed on the photo of the nebula.

[lysie]

Looks like a orange tabby.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

I don’t know... I see 12 small elves doing the whole Irish Riverdance thing - maybe, Lord of the Dance.

[JRandomFreeper]

Human brains find patterns in random things. It's a well known phenomenon.

But yeah... I see the cat.

/johnny

[lysie]

a = an

[the invisib1e hand]

i see it.

[martin_fierro]

Well I don’t know about the cat part, but I can see the Madonna. And a pancreas.

[Windflier]

Human brains find patterns in random things. It's a well known phenomenon. But yeah... I see the cat.

I know the phenomena well, and spent many boyhood afternoons finding patterns in clouds. This, though, is a whole 'nother level of 'pattern'. Unbelievable.

[Windflier]

Looks like a orange tabby.

Looks more like a cheetah, or some other big cat to me.

[ransomnote]

Nah...I can’t see any of that. But I also can’t see the pictures within pictures that you stare at for 15 minutes in the mall.

[DieHard the Hunter]

It jumps straight out at you, once you find the star and follow the directions. Spooky!

[Lib-Lickers 2]

looks more like a wolf .. it has a long snout a cat doesn’t

[Windflier]

Nah...I can’t see any of that.

Look closer. It's really there.

[doorgunner69]

As my Siamese says: No surprise, cats rule the universe.....

[Biggirl]

I can see the cat’s face. :)=^..^=

[PA Engineer]

Jumps right out at you. I’m going with orange tabby too.

[Popman]

I must be right brained because I don’t see a cat...with your instructions I guess you can say it’s a cat...but to me it would be anything...

[Popman]

I must be right brained because I don’t see a cat...with your instructions I guess you can say it’s a cat...but to me it could be anything...

[Windflier]

i see it.

Amazing, isn't it?

[Berlin_Freeper]

Of Monsters and Men

[Biggirl]

Enjoy Slings And Arrows!:)=^..^=

[ClearCase_guy]

[Windflier]

looks more like a wolf ..

I know what you're talking about. You've got to use a little imagination to see the wolf. It's fuzzier than the cat, which jumps out at you when you finally spot it.

[tflabo]

Cool—Also look just next to the cats right ear. Looks like the face of a dog—German Shepherd-like.

[Windflier]

I’m going with orange tabby too.

That's two votes for orange tabby. I'll have to look up a picture of one to see the resemblance. I keep seeing a cheetah or something similar.

[katana]

Our brains are designed to interpret limited input into things which are recognizable. This leads to optical illusions but is a very handy survival tool when you only have a split second to react to a threat moving in your peripheral field of vision.

PS: There are TWO cats in the nebula. There is a bigger one to the left of the one you pointed out that is looking away to the left. Appears to be Siamese. And don't forget the puppy in the far upper left and the man's face outlined just below.

[Doctor 2Brains]

for later

[Windflier]

I must be right brained because I don’t see a cat...with your instructions I guess you can say it’s a cat...

When you spot it, it'll jump right out at you. The face is perfect. Nearly photographic. It's looking right at you.

[ladyrustic]

I see many unusually-shaped noses... but no cat.

[humblegunner]

I can see him.

One of Bastet’s kittens?

[Twinkie]

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! Years ago, we got a bunch of those pictures you’re talking about to sell in our store. There was one with a hidden Jesus emerging from the tomb. I told my mother-in-law that only evil people weren’t able to see the Jesus in that picture. She never could see Jesus in that picture, though she tried. I think she half believed me. Only made her dislike me more, if that’s possible. :o)

[citizencon]

Yep, I can see its whiskers as well.

[colinhester]

Bflr

[Windflier]

For those who are having a hard time spotting the cat:

[A'elian' nation]

It’s like one of those 3D stereograms. Got to be cross-eyed to see them. First time I saw one of those in a shopping mall I spent a good hour straining to see what everyone else was seeing. But when you see it - wow!

[tflabo]

At mid lower left look for a white-like side profile of a horse with a 1880’s style bonnet on its head—no, not Camilla Parker Bowles or John Silky Pony Boy Edwards.

[colinhester]

Bflr

[Brilliant]

Looks like he’s got a bird in his mouth.

[Las Vegas Dave]

CATS RULE!

[cripplecreek]

Me, I see nebulas (Nebulae) in clouds. I take a picture of clouds and do some photoshop work and I have a nebula.

Before



After

[righttackle44]

Is it’s name Skitter?

[UCANSEE2]

I see KERMIT the FROG in the upper left area.

[rlmorel]

Is this what you see?

[carriage_hill]

I see the cat you describe, and another one’s head/ear to the left. And there’s my ex!

I need some more ‘shrooms...

[4yearlurker]

No....it's a Tigger!!

[Lady Lucky]

I couldn’t see the cat without help, but now that I do, there’s a Walmart associate just left of him...big beefy guy in navy shirt?...about to punch cat in the nose.

[AndyJackson]

Looks more like Wile E. Cayote to me.

[max americana]

I don’t see it...

All I see is a brown mass I call the Obama after I go take a dump in the toilet..

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Windflier, it’s an ‘extra, extra’ ping to the APoD list.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

That's just great. We now learn that the fate of several thousand years of mankind's accomplishments will eventually be wiped out after being eaten by the giant space cat. This is why the universe can't have nice things.