Posted on 01/22/2022 2:39:47 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: On Monday, January's Full Moon rose as the Sun set. Spotted near the eastern horizon, its warm hues are seen in this photo taken near Cagliari, capital city of the Italian island of Sardinia. Of course the familiar patterns of light and dark across the Moon's nearside are created by bright rugged highlands and dark smooth lunar maria. Traditionally the patterns are seen as pareidolia, giving the visual illusion of a human face like the Man in the Moon, or familiar animal like the Moon rabbit. But for a moment the swarming murmuration, also known as a flock of starlings, frozen in the snapshot's field of view lends another pareidolic element to the scene. Some see the graceful figure of a dancer enchanted by moonlight.
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I see the moon throwing up birds.
I see the face of Jesus at the far right bottom!
Starlings aren’t cute nor do they have fur to pet, but they sure are intriguing in flight.
I was expecting a plumber and a dancer.
I only came for the dancer.
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