{"id":262,"date":"2017-06-11T21:52:18","date_gmt":"2017-06-11T21:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davesmith.org.uk\/imagenic\/?p=262"},"modified":"2017-06-11T21:52:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-11T21:52:18","slug":"pareidolia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davesmith.org.uk\/imagenic\/pareidolia\/","title":{"rendered":"Pareidolia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What do you see in this photo?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davesmith.org.uk\/imagenic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/P1440725.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"263\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/davesmith.org.uk\/imagenic\/pareidolia\/p1440725\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davesmith.org.uk\/imagenic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/P1440725.jpg?fit=4608%2C3456&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4608,3456\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-FZ72&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1496699456&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;81.68&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"P1440725\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davesmith.org.uk\/imagenic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/P1440725.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-263\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davesmith.org.uk\/imagenic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/P1440725.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davesmith.org.uk\/imagenic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/P1440725.jpg?w=4608&amp;ssl=1 4608w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davesmith.org.uk\/imagenic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/P1440725.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davesmith.org.uk\/imagenic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/P1440725.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davesmith.org.uk\/imagenic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/P1440725.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davesmith.org.uk\/imagenic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/P1440725.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/davesmith.org.uk\/imagenic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/P1440725.jpg?w=3840&amp;ssl=1 3840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If it reminds you of a face, then that is an example of facial pareidolia.<\/p>\n<p>Pareidolia is the psychological phenomenon of\u00a0perceiving a specific, often meaningful, image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern. 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