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The Japanese see a rabbit pounding mochi in the moon.

Depending on my mood, the conditions, and who might be with me, I may see the old lady (most likely), the old man, the rabbit, the kangaroo (bet you've never seen that!) the other old lady reading, or Lucy from Peanuts.

But sometimes I hear things...like "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the moon..."

[quote=Guest post_id=323372 time=1655202688]Rabbit![/quote]

That’s what I always see.

Rabbit!

[quote="Sa Ji Tario" post_id=323327 time=1655047099]
On that occasion it was commented that whoever was on the promontory was closer to the Moon, I personally thought that a person on the beach of Cabuyal, Ecuador would be even closer due to the terrestrial equatorial thickening. If I'm wrong I want to know
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After Ranulph Feinnes, the explorer/writer fellow, climbed Mt Everest, he said "This is the closest you can get to the moon by walking" [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8060649.stm[/url] ... I was very surprised he didn't know better than that... [url]https://www.ecuadorecoadventure.com/climb-mountains/climb-chimborazo/[/url]

[quote="Cousin Ricky" post_id=323328 time=1655048306 user_id=141376]
That’s the first time I’ve ever seen the Man in the Moon delineated that way. And it seems rather selective and arbitrary from among all the dark markings on the Moon.

Sometimes I wonder if all the “Man in the Moon” talk is a worldwide conspiracy to personally gaslight me. I just don’t see it.
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Yeah, I find all the lunar pareidolia to be pretty contrived and not very impressive other than as efforts to discern "evidence of things not there".

It isn't a man in the moon, it is the lovers....

[quote=Ann post_id=323319 time=1655007083 user_id=129702]
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The Lady in the Moon!

Ann
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I guess... a late stage Picasso?

That’s the first time I’ve ever seen the Man in the Moon delineated that way. And it seems rather selective and arbitrary from among all the dark markings on the Moon.

Sometimes I wonder if all the “Man in the Moon” talk is a worldwide conspiracy to personally gaslight me. I just don’t see it.

On that occasion it was commented that whoever was on the promontory was closer to the Moon, I personally thought that a person on the beach of Cabuyal, Ecuador would be even closer due to the terrestrial equatorial thickening. If I'm wrong I want to know

[quote=gmPhil post_id=323322 time=1655021349 user_id=130728]
Finding things to see in quasi-random patterns... always reminds me of this Peanuts strip: [url]https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lse4sluYiV1qfvq9bo1_1280.jpg[/url]
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Kinda; sorta; looks like Good ol Charlie Brown also! :mrgreen: :lol2:

Finding things to see in quasi-random patterns... always reminds me of this Peanuts strip: [url]https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lse4sluYiV1qfvq9bo1_1280.jpg[/url]

[quote=WWW post_id=323320 time=1655015306 user_id=145830]
Find the Man in the Moon [b]AGAIN[/b]

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160201.html

Word for word copy - other than the date.
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Must be new to APOD if this is the first time you've noticed that Sunday's APOD is a repeat.

If you want to astound the audience, find one that isn't.

Find the Man in the Moon [b]AGAIN[/b]

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160201.html

Word for word copy - other than the date.

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The Lady in the Moon!

Ann

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[b] Explanation: [/b] Have you ever seen the Man in the Moon? This common question plays on the ability of humans to see [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia]pareidolia[/url] -- imagining familiar icons where they don't actually exist. The textured surface of Earth's [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180624.html]full Moon[/url] is home to numerous identifications of iconic objects, not only in modern western culture but in [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rabbit]world folklore[/url] throughout history. Examples, typically dependent on [url=http://moon.nasa.gov/home.cfm]the Moon[/url]'s perceived orientation, include the [url=http://theketelsens.blogspot.com/2013/11/lunar-pareidolia-test.html]Woman in the Moon[/url] and the [url=https://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/aztefacts/rabbit-in-the-moon]Rabbit in the Moon[/url]. One [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_Moon#/media/File:Man_in_the_Moon_with_key.jpg]facial outline[/url] commonly identified as the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_Moon]Man in the Moon[/url] starts by imagining the two dark circular areas -- [url=https://moon.nasa.gov/observe-the-moon-night/resources/moon-map/]lunar maria[/url] -- here just above [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon#/media/File:Moon_names.svg]the Moon[/url]'s center, to be the eyes. Surprisingly, there [url=https://i.pinimg.com/550x/81/21/c0/8121c0291fa14d1fe52b9eb007741cac.jpg]actually is[/url] a man in this Moon image -- a [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140113.html]close look[/url] will reveal a real person -- with a telescope -- [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140907.html]silhouetted against the Moon[/url]. This featured well-planned image was taken in 2016 in [url=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadalso_de_los_Vidrios]Cadalso de los Vidrios[/url] in [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_of_Madrid]Madrid[/url], [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain]Spain[/url]. Do you have a [url=http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=220612]favorite object that you see in the Moon[/url]?


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