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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Find the Man in the Moon
NASA ^
| February 01, 2016
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 02/01/2016 8:28:44 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Have you ever seen the Man on the Moon? This common question plays on the ability of humans to see pareidolia -- imagining familiar icons where they don't actually exist. The textured surface of Earth's full Moon is home to numerous identifications of iconic objects, not only in modern western culture but in world folklore throughout history. Examples, typically dependent on the Moon's perceived orientation, include the Woman in the Moon and the Rabbit in the Moon. One facial outline commonly identified as the Man in the Moon starts by imagining the two dark circular areas -- lunar maria -- here just above the Moon's center, to be the eyes. Surprisingly, there actually is a man in this Moon image -- a close look will reveal a real person -- with a telescope -- silhouetted against the Moon. This featured well-planned image was taken in mid-January in Cadalso de los Vidrios in Madrid, Spain. Do you have a favorite object that you see in the Moon?
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; moon; pareidolia; science
[Credit and Copyright: Dani Caxete]
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posted on
02/01/2016 8:28:44 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...
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posted on
02/01/2016 8:29:38 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: SunkenCiv
Do you have a favorite object that you see in the Moon?
I have a short list of people that I wish we could send there permanently. Does that count?
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posted on
02/01/2016 8:33:19 AM PST
by
chrisser
(This space for rent.)
To: SunkenCiv
Can’t say I’ve seen the man in moon, I love looking at the moon though. I especially like it when it’s visible during the day.
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posted on
02/01/2016 8:33:44 AM PST
by
Impy
(They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
02/01/2016 8:36:52 AM PST
by
TexasCajun
(#BlackViolenceMatters)
To: chrisser
Some day...some day...wham! to the moon!
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posted on
02/01/2016 8:39:19 AM PST
by
going hot
(Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
To: SunkenCiv
Nice Pic.
One of my pet peeves are cheap sci-fi movies from alien planets with a moon or moons that look exactly like ours.
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posted on
02/01/2016 8:47:38 AM PST
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: SunkenCiv
I actually see Alvin the Chipmunk wearing sun glasses.
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posted on
02/01/2016 8:48:39 AM PST
by
samtheman
(Elect Trump, Build Wall. End Censorship.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
02/01/2016 8:57:52 AM PST
by
Huskrrrr
To: SunkenCiv
Asian people don’t see a ‘Man in the Moon’.
Their mythology has a RABBIT in the Moon with subsequent story of how he got there.................
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posted on
02/01/2016 9:19:14 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
To: samtheman
You must be Asian. They see a rodent, but it’s a rabbit...................
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posted on
02/01/2016 9:20:01 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
To: BitWielder1
Or suns, for that matter? :’) I was pretty happy with the forest moon of Endor, because it was basically an Earthlike planet in orbit around a gas giant, which was in turn in orbit around a star. Would have been neat if they’d spent enough time there for the moon to pass into night. But that wasn’t necessary for the story.
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posted on
02/01/2016 9:22:18 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: SunkenCiv
I can see the human(oid) face but cannot find that rabbit at all, even after seeing the drawn outline
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posted on
02/01/2016 9:32:37 AM PST
by
arthurus
(Het is waar. Tutti i liberali sono feccia.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
02/01/2016 12:07:02 PM PST
by
JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: JRios1968
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posted on
02/01/2016 12:43:43 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: JRios1968
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posted on
02/01/2016 3:13:55 PM PST
by
NCC-1701
(You have your fear, which might become reality; and you have Godzilla, which IS reality.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
02/01/2016 3:37:31 PM PST
by
kanawa
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