Comments on: Seeing the Man-In-The-Moon http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/01/05/seeing-the-man-in-the-moon/ A blog for odd things and odd thoughts. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:07:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: alessia franzone http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/01/05/seeing-the-man-in-the-moon/#comment-150671 alessia franzone Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:41:31 +0000 http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/01/05/seeing-the-man-in-the-moon/#comment-150671 i luv the little ant! i luv the little ant!

]]> By: alessia franzone http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/01/05/seeing-the-man-in-the-moon/#comment-150670 alessia franzone Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:40:46 +0000 http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/01/05/seeing-the-man-in-the-moon/#comment-150670 cool! cool!

]]> By: Amelia http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/01/05/seeing-the-man-in-the-moon/#comment-143570 Amelia Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:12:34 +0000 http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/01/05/seeing-the-man-in-the-moon/#comment-143570 THANK GOD someone else sees the same face in the moon as i have for as long as i can remember! Your illustration is beautiful ;) when i look at the moon i see that face but its more "seal face" like a baby seal. hm, anyways very interesting topic THANK GOD someone else sees the same face in the moon as i have for as long as i can remember! Your illustration is beautiful ;) when i look at the moon i see that face but its more “seal face” like a baby seal. hm, anyways very interesting topic

]]> By: Aristotle Pagaltzis http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/01/05/seeing-the-man-in-the-moon/#comment-113290 Aristotle Pagaltzis Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:25:47 +0000 http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/01/05/seeing-the-man-in-the-moon/#comment-113290 <blockquote><p>That moon is just full of faces.</p></blockquote> <p>At this point it would remiss not to mention <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia" rel="nofollow">pareidolia</a><a href="http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/lenin.html" rel="nofollow">…</a></p>

That moon is just full of faces.

At this point it would remiss not to mention pareidolia…

]]> By: Tallulah http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/01/05/seeing-the-man-in-the-moon/#comment-113242 Tallulah Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:04:02 +0000 http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/01/05/seeing-the-man-in-the-moon/#comment-113242 It just occurred to me that the reason that some people can see only one face in the moon may have something to do with why some people have trouble seeing both heads in the classic double-faced image shown here: http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/postcard_illusions/ Just a thought. It just occurred to me that the reason that some people can see only one face in the moon may have something to do with why some people have trouble seeing both heads in the classic double-faced image shown here:

http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/postcard_illusions/

Just a thought.

]]> By: Tallulah http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/01/05/seeing-the-man-in-the-moon/#comment-113228 Tallulah Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:29:59 +0000 http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/01/05/seeing-the-man-in-the-moon/#comment-113228 I lived most of my life in the USA, but now live in Australia. I have always been able to see a person in the moon, wherever I am. In the USA I see a man beaming joyfully down at the earth. But I was astonished when I saw my first full Southern Hemisphere moon, because the face was so completly different. What the southern face looks like to me - and it's the same face Julian outlined - is a little girl, with a blush across her cheeks and nose. Sweet and young. Then one evening while looking at the little girl in the moon I saw that, sidewise, my beaming man was there, too! And then I turned my head upside down and saw that there was a THIRD face!!! That moon is just full of faces. I have never noticed a rabbit, however. I came across this page while searching for a picture of the little girl in the moon to show a friend of mine back home. It's been a disapointing search, because none of the pictures I've found show it the way it looks to the naked eye. Furthermore, even when I turn the picture on this page (by far the best pic) this way and that, I just don't see my beaming man! But when I'm up north, he's as blatantly obvious to me as the little cutie I see here in Melbourne. I lived most of my life in the USA, but now live in Australia.

I have always been able to see a person in the moon, wherever I am. In the USA I see a man beaming joyfully down at the earth. But I was astonished when I saw my first full Southern Hemisphere moon, because the face was so completly different. What the southern face looks like to me - and it’s the same face Julian outlined - is a little girl, with a blush across her cheeks and nose. Sweet and young.

Then one evening while looking at the little girl in the moon I saw that, sidewise, my beaming man was there, too! And then I turned my head upside down and saw that there was a THIRD face!!!

That moon is just full of faces.

I have never noticed a rabbit, however.

I came across this page while searching for a picture of the little girl in the moon to show a friend of mine back home. It’s been a disapointing search, because none of the pictures I’ve found show it the way it looks to the naked eye. Furthermore, even when I turn the picture on this page (by far the best pic) this way and that, I just don’t see my beaming man! But when I’m up north, he’s as blatantly obvious to me as the little cutie I see here in Melbourne.

]]> By: Julian http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/01/05/seeing-the-man-in-the-moon/#comment-84993 Julian Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:41:19 +0000 http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/01/05/seeing-the-man-in-the-moon/#comment-84993 Also, notice the <a href="http://outerhoard.wordpress.com/2007/07/11/the-man-in-the-moon/" rel="nofollow">trackback</a> where <a href="http://outerhoard.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Adrian</a> largely agrees with my assessment. Also, notice the trackback where Adrian largely agrees with my assessment.

]]> By: Misti http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/01/05/seeing-the-man-in-the-moon/#comment-84992 Misti Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:30:28 +0000 http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/01/05/seeing-the-man-in-the-moon/#comment-84992 I just saw your rendition of the man in the moon and comments on whether or not it can be seen from the Northern Hemisphere. I've attached before and after pics for you depicting what I believe to be the real man in the moon. :) ~Misti <a href='http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/man-in-the-moon.jpg' title='Misti’s Original Moon' rel="nofollow"><img src='http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/man-in-the-moon.thumbnail.jpg' alt='Misti’s Original Moon' /></a> <a href='http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/man-in-the-moon2.jpg' title='Misti’s Man-In-The-Moon Rendition' rel="nofollow"><img src='http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/man-in-the-moon2.thumbnail.jpg' alt='Misti’s Original Moon' /></a> [Posted by Julian from an email from Misti, dated Dec 8.] I just saw your rendition of the man in the moon and comments on whether or not it can be seen from the Northern Hemisphere. I’ve attached before and after pics for you depicting what I believe to be the real man in the moon.

:) ~Misti

Misti’s Original Moon

Misti’s Original Moon
[Posted by Julian from an email from Misti, dated Dec 8.]

]]> By: John Y. http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/01/05/seeing-the-man-in-the-moon/#comment-57136 John Y. Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:25:42 +0000 http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/01/05/seeing-the-man-in-the-moon/#comment-57136 I know I'm joining this party late, but that didn't seem to stop me before, and it's not stopping me now: The image at the top of this post doesn't closely reflect what the moon looks like to my naked eye. Well, not completely naked, as I've got artificial lenses that augment the ones I was born with. Tonight is nearly a full moon, so I was able to confirm just minutes ago that I see a face, with a large, irregular, and not especially round splotch for each eye and the mouth. The visible disc, as I see it, is clearly dominated by those three distinct, large, dark patches. The photo above has a lot of extraneous dark areas and intruding light areas that make it frankly unrecognizable. Tim's link gets the facial orientation about right, but obviously the drawn outlines are specifically geared to the picture provided by Julian. If I could draw it (that is, my naked-eye view of the moon), I would, but my skills are far short of the task. All I can say is that all three splotches are significantly larger than in Tim's illustration, and the eyes are much closer together. I know I’m joining this party late, but that didn’t seem to stop me before, and it’s not stopping me now: The image at the top of this post doesn’t closely reflect what the moon looks like to my naked eye. Well, not completely naked, as I’ve got artificial lenses that augment the ones I was born with. Tonight is nearly a full moon, so I was able to confirm just minutes ago that I see a face, with a large, irregular, and not especially round splotch for each eye and the mouth. The visible disc, as I see it, is clearly dominated by those three distinct, large, dark patches. The photo above has a lot of extraneous dark areas and intruding light areas that make it frankly unrecognizable.

Tim’s link gets the facial orientation about right, but obviously the drawn outlines are specifically geared to the picture provided by Julian. If I could draw it (that is, my naked-eye view of the moon), I would, but my skills are far short of the task. All I can say is that all three splotches are significantly larger than in Tim’s illustration, and the eyes are much closer together.

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