by Ann » Thu Aug 03, 2017 10:45 am
De58te wrote:Here's another instance of, (what do you call it? )seeing anthropomorphic images in vague photos?
It's called
pareidolia. (I had to google it.)
I remember there was a profile of the devil in the Pillars of Creation.
Pillars of Creation, Photo: Hubble.
Well, not the devil, I think, but someone "on the other side". In the picture at left, look at the pillar at right. Beard, check, longish hair, check, something weird on his head, check, arms outstretched, check, wearing some sort of toga, check, mouth open as if to speak. Some light can be seen around his head, too.
Likewise can you see the profile of his head here to, although I think he looks more like a leprechaun with the classic pointed beard past his chin. (Best to look at the high definition of this photo.) Look above centre of the main red dust cloud. There is a beam of white light and then another cloud above that which is more purplish then red. His profile is on the left side of this dust cloud. The leprechaun is just below another darker pillar a bit larger then the Herbig-Haro 555 pillar.
I'm not sure I can find your leprechaun. But note the "elephant trunk" at center left in the APOD. The elephant trunk is a pillar of dense dust, very similar to the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula.
Note the jets at the top of this tall dusty pillar. The jets, called HH555 (Herbig-Haro 555), are produced by a young star forming at the tip of the elephant trunk.
Ann
Hmmm, edit... I can see that APOD Robot already explained everything about HH555. Sorry for repeating everything all over again, but I think I'll keep the picture anyway.
[quote="De58te"]Here's another instance of, (what do you call it? )seeing anthropomorphic images in vague photos?[/quote]
It's called [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia]pareidolia[/url]. (I had to google it.) :wink:
[quote] I remember there was a profile of the devil in the Pillars of Creation.[/quote]
[float=left][img2]https://briankoberlein.com/wp-content/uploads/Pillars_of_Creation.jpg[/img2][c][size=85]Pillars of Creation, Photo: Hubble.[/size][/c][/float]Well, not the devil, I think, but someone "on the other side". In the picture at left, look at the pillar at right. Beard, check, longish hair, check, something weird on his head, check, arms outstretched, check, wearing some sort of toga, check, mouth open as if to speak. Some light can be seen around his head, too. :wink:
[quote]Likewise can you see the profile of his head here to, although I think he looks more like a leprechaun with the classic pointed beard past his chin. (Best to look at the high definition of this photo.) Look above centre of the main red dust cloud. There is a beam of white light and then another cloud above that which is more purplish then red. His profile is on the left side of this dust cloud. The leprechaun is just below another darker pillar a bit larger then the Herbig-Haro 555 pillar.[/quote]
[float=right][img2]http://www.guidescope.net/nebulae/pelican_HH555_20111107.jpg[/img2][c][size=85]Elephant trunk pillar with jets in the Pelican Nebula.
Source: http://www.guidescope.net/nebulae/na.htm[/size][/c][/float]
I'm not sure I can find your leprechaun. But note the "elephant trunk" at center left in the APOD. The elephant trunk is a pillar of dense dust, very similar to the Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula.
Note the jets at the top of this tall dusty pillar. The jets, called HH555 (Herbig-Haro 555), are produced by a young star forming at the tip of the elephant trunk.
Ann
Hmmm, edit... I can see that APOD Robot already explained everything about HH555. Sorry for repeating everything all over again, but I think I'll keep the picture anyway.