14 February 2013

Two roses for you on Valentine's Day


The one above (via Mighty Optical Illusions) illustrates the phenomenon of pareidolia.  The one below (via The Soul is Bone) is a "double color Aquarius hybrid tea rose" posted at Facebook.

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  1. I wasn't familiar with that word - pareidolia. Wonder if this photo I took a few yrs. ago would fit the description? Cactus Heart

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    1. The term is usually used to refer to seeing faces (like the skull in the rose).

      That's an odd shape for what I guess is a prickly pear. I wonder if it got chewed on and then healed up. But it's a nice Valentine photo (sort of...)

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  2. Great image for the Rolling Stones "dead flowers"

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