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Levy
Big Wall climber
So Cal
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 10, 2009 - 08:58am PT
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It seems like people often see things in the clouds or the rocks that look like something familliar. We might say "Hey that looks like Yogi the Bear!" Or may be something like "Doesn't that cloud look like the car in Back to the Future", or something along those lines of conversation.
Post up your pics that look like something else. I'll start.
Here's a rock formation in the South Platte of Colorado I took last year. Only when I got home & looked at the pic did I see the 60's girl. I cropped the pic for you to minimize distractions.
I think it looks kind of like Mary Tyler Moore or a girl from the 1960's.
Let's see what you folks have.
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bwancy1
Trad climber
Here
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Feb 10, 2009 - 09:20am PT
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Can you crop it a little more?
I can't stop seeing anything but the chameleon...
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Bart Fay
Social climber
Redlands, CA
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Feb 10, 2009 - 09:20am PT
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Is this one of those MagicPicture deals where you ave to stare at it crosseyed ?
Can you give us a hint ? Are the triangle rocks supposed to be her cat ears ?
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Feb 10, 2009 - 09:21am PT
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why's everyone looking at me?
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Levy
Big Wall climber
So Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 10, 2009 - 09:22am PT
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She's on the left, with her hand touching her chin, looking down & to the right. She has a big up-do hairstyle.
Here's a even more cropped version
Edit: the shot is just of her head & face.
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bwancy1
Trad climber
Here
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Feb 10, 2009 - 09:33am PT
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I see Marvin the Martian, but not Mary Tyler Moore.
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Upper Fupa, North Dakota
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Feb 10, 2009 - 09:34am PT
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Weed.... it's not just for breakfast any more.
oh shiit edit! I see it!
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Levy
Big Wall climber
So Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 10, 2009 - 09:34am PT
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How about this:
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Russ Walling
Social climber
Upper Fupa, North Dakota
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Feb 10, 2009 - 09:36am PT
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In the second one I see and old man with a wrinkly penis carrying an orange, 4 paper clips, and a toilet brush.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Feb 10, 2009 - 09:41am PT
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I can see the dog and the raccoon in the first one, but the 60s woman must be hiding behind that big rock.
But how about this: Looks like my partner's about to walk into the mouth of a giant JTree Pirhana
Edit: Okay, I see the woman now. But I'd say the hairstyle is more Tabloid Alien than 60s human. But can you see the big dog below her?
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Bart Fay
Social climber
Redlands, CA
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Feb 10, 2009 - 09:48am PT
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Wait...Wait.. ! I see it now !
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johnboy
Trad climber
Can't get here from there
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Feb 10, 2009 - 09:50am PT
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If you squint real hard, it looks like some of our presidents faces in this.
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drljefe
climber
Toostoned, AZ
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Feb 10, 2009 - 09:56am PT
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nita
climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
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Feb 10, 2009 - 09:57am PT
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Some doggies in Lassen's back country, pic by Timid T.
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bwancy1
Trad climber
Here
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Feb 10, 2009 - 09:58am PT
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those are seahorses
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Feb 10, 2009 - 10:05am PT
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Oh, I thought you said Nature's face. . .
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Levy
Big Wall climber
So Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 10, 2009 - 10:06am PT
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Great additions! I love the big fish & the sea-horse/doggies.
The big chief/ted nugent thing is cool too.
Does anybody have a pic of the "black cat" on El Cap? It's over by the Tangerine Trip.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Feb 10, 2009 - 10:07am PT
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Rob Brown took this picture of John Stark and me "seeing" things in the stone...
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Feb 10, 2009 - 10:13am PT
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I can see the first one now.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Feb 10, 2009 - 10:15am PT
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I keep seeing the Virgin Mary.
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bwancy1
Trad climber
Here
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Feb 10, 2009 - 10:36am PT
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Dr. Strangelove
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Feb 10, 2009 - 12:33pm PT
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ET is watching you!
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Feb 10, 2009 - 12:40pm PT
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That second one looks photoshopped.
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Feb 10, 2009 - 12:42pm PT
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I believe that it WAS photoshopped, and then sent around the web as real.
No climber in his/her right mind would think that the cat formation is genuine.
Good call...
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Feb 10, 2009 - 12:44pm PT
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MisterE
Trad climber
One Place or Another
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Feb 10, 2009 - 12:44pm PT
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Hawk Rock at Hueco Tanks:
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MisterE
Trad climber
One Place or Another
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Feb 10, 2009 - 12:47pm PT
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Hmmm....
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Tami
Social climber
Vancouver, Canada
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Feb 10, 2009 - 12:54pm PT
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That pic gets you ahead
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Feb 10, 2009 - 12:58pm PT
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All I can say is it's a good thing I'm not trippin'...
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
New York, NY
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Feb 10, 2009 - 01:13pm PT
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some of these are really wonderful!
I don't have any that I recall, though....
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Walleye
climber
Inking the deal at Ralph Spoilsport Motors
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Feb 10, 2009 - 01:27pm PT
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My wife with our friend from the front yard.
W.J.F
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Oplopanax
Mountain climber
The Deep Woods
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Feb 10, 2009 - 05:22pm PT
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Which one is your wife?
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Indianclimber
Trad climber
Lost Wages
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Feb 10, 2009 - 05:58pm PT
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Barker dam area
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noshoesnoshirt
climber
dangling off a wind turbine in a town near you
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Feb 10, 2009 - 06:02pm PT
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climbrunride
Trad climber
Durango, CO
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Feb 10, 2009 - 06:18pm PT
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Back to the original pic:
That's NOT a 60's girl, it's an Arab with a big grey beard and one of those big, round, poofy hats. His magic carpet is out of view.
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climbrunride
Trad climber
Durango, CO
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Feb 10, 2009 - 06:29pm PT
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Chief Tenaya, blatantly stolen from MountainProject.com
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Reilly
Mountain climber
Monrovia, CA
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Feb 10, 2009 - 06:47pm PT
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The little rollerskater of Sequoia
I swear this is for real! It is a shadow cast on these slabs opposite Bearpaw Meadows every evening! I don't know what is hanging out of his shirt pocket, maybe his slingshot?
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Feb 10, 2009 - 06:54pm PT
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I am so blind...and NO it's not because I've been doing anything "bad" ! bwahahaha
This is THE BEST THREAD in MANY MOONS. I am so laughing, finally. Used to laugh daily on the taco...then it got zo zerious for month after month. YE HAW !!!!! Hilarity is GRATE !
Thank yo SO very Much !!!!!!! LRL
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Double D
climber
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Feb 10, 2009 - 06:57pm PT
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Marcoausi Peru
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Levy
Big Wall climber
So Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 10, 2009 - 07:56pm PT
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These are great pics folks!
I knew more pics would get posted.
My favorite is the "Little Rollerskater in Sequoia". That is so cool. So many other worthy pics.
Hey Bluering, you're right about the girl looking like an ayatolla or some turban wearing man with a beard. Funny how things change with a little new perspective.
Thanks to all who've contributed!
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Walleye
climber
Inking the deal at Ralph Spoilsport Motors
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Feb 10, 2009 - 08:45pm PT
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That's a good one Mr.DD
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Levy
Big Wall climber
So Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 10, 2009 - 11:00pm PT
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I found it!! Tom Evans' shot with the "Black Cat" in it.
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Feb 10, 2009 - 11:26pm PT
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Feb 11, 2009 - 07:19am PT
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What a cool fun, thread Bill!
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Radish
Trad climber
Seki, California
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Feb 11, 2009 - 07:22am PT
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Actually a nice boulder problem too, first hand jam goes right in there!
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MisterE
Trad climber
One Place or Another
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Feb 11, 2009 - 08:25am PT
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Well if it's going to be THAT kind of a party...
City of Rocks NM (from the web):
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Tom
Big Wall climber
San Luis Obispo CA
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Feb 11, 2009 - 11:57pm PT
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I found this twenty-five-dollar word on Wikipedia:
Pareidolia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The term pareidolia (pronounced /pæraɪˈdoʊliə/) describes a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant. Common examples include seeing images of animals or faces in clouds, the man in the moon, and hearing hidden messages on records played in reverse. The word comes from the Greek para- —"beside", "with" or "alongside"- meaning, in this context, something faulty or wrong (as in paraphasia, disordered speech)—and eidolon—"image" (the diminutive of eidos—"image", "form", "shape"). Pareidolia is a type of apophenia (i.e., the experience of seeing patterns or connections in random or meaningless data).
Bernard Madoff's nonsense blatherings induced a state of pareidolia in his victims, inspiring confidence in his non-existent investment scheme.
 Dr. Johnson
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Loomis
climber
*_*
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Feb 12, 2009 - 12:20am PT
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Wow, I think I'm seeing things!
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Aya K
Trad climber
New York
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Feb 12, 2009 - 05:10am PT
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Those rocks at Lumpy.... wish I could find a photo, but from the parking lot, they totally look like ET bestowing, uhm, oral treats on a fellow standing up.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Feb 12, 2009 - 08:42am PT
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Feb 12, 2009 - 08:45am PT
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A distant Monkey Face.
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richross
Trad climber
gunks,ny
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Feb 12, 2009 - 08:49am PT
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Me and Abe Lincohn.
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Jun 30, 2009 - 01:30pm PT
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bump
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jun 30, 2009 - 01:34pm PT
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I wonder who will be the first to report seeing Michael Jackson's face on their French toast?
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Jun 30, 2009 - 01:45pm PT
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Saw the eye in Desolation Wilderness yesterday.
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Klimmer
Mountain climber
San Diego
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Jun 30, 2009 - 01:52pm PT
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Who and what you see says a lot . . .
Who is this in a regmaglypt ? A study in pareidolia.
Sikhote-Alin, Iron meteorite, Russia
This should be more famous than toast.
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GOclimb
Trad climber
Boston, MA
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Jun 30, 2009 - 02:10pm PT
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To me they look like some crazy version of Russian Dolls (hint, the big guy's smiling, the little one's frowning).
GO
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Jun 30, 2009 - 02:13pm PT
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Stich, I think, has a fine Cthulu photo somewheres.
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno
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Jun 30, 2009 - 02:21pm PT
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What I see in this thread is an amazing amount of drug use! Even after the authors point things out, I still can't see half the stuff mentioned here. Seems others feel the same too. hahaha
The least you guys could do is share, so we can see too!
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GOclimb
Trad climber
Boston, MA
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Jun 30, 2009 - 02:50pm PT
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Can you see the noseless ghoul?
GO
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salad
climber
Escondido
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Jun 30, 2009 - 02:56pm PT
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scooby doo rock in cabo
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MisterE
Trad climber
One Step Beyond!
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Jun 30, 2009 - 03:08pm PT
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It might be hard to see the Crazy Horse face, but if you squint just right...
First to the top on the Volksmarch 1999 (picture taken by worker):
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MisterE
Social climber
Cinderella Story, Outa Nowhere
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May 14, 2011 - 08:33am PT
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 Missing photo ID#202184 |
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nature
climber
Railay, Thailand
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May 14, 2011 - 08:35am PT
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there was something about this thread that always freaked me out....
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Adamame
climber
Santa Cruz
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May 14, 2011 - 09:43am PT
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The obvious
The dream of..
Somewhere up on North Dome
Those almost look like real lakes...
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MisterE
Social climber
Cinderella Story, Outa Nowhere
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May 14, 2011 - 10:35am PT
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Missing photo ID#202219
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PAUL SOUZA
Trad climber
Clovis, CA
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May 14, 2011 - 11:25am PT
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The reason why we see faces in objects is because we have a specialized area of the brain, called the infotemporal cortex, that distinguishes faces. In contrast, people that have damage to this area cannot distinguish faces. To them, faces appear as a jumbled mess. Crazy!
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Watusi
Social climber
Newport, OR
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May 14, 2011 - 10:47pm PT
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hb81
climber
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May 15, 2011 - 03:19am PT
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Alien
and its mommy
They're right next to each other.
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Dingus Milktoast
Gym climber
Run like the wind.
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May 15, 2011 - 06:42am PT
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a Death Valley ghost
DMT
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telemon01
Trad climber
Montana
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May 15, 2011 - 06:57am PT
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I see something, but nothing familiar
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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May 15, 2011 - 10:58am PT
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Telemond: The left part of that pic looks like an Hawaiian ali'i warrior carrying a spear with his helmet, Mohawk-like atop is head.
Here's the "Old Lady of the Woods" that was visible from "Northside Drive" BITD.
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Randisi
Boulder climber
Soon to be in China
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May 15, 2011 - 11:05am PT
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Well, this is loosely "in nature" and of course it was bound to come up:
Looks more like a chimpanzee face to me.
By the way, it is interesting how difficult it is to capture these "faces" on film. Something about the difference between our perceptual physiology and that of cameras. Perhaps it's akin to how embarrassingly low angle slabs can seem in climbing pictures.
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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May 15, 2011 - 11:23am PT
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Here's one from Volcanoes National Park
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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May 15, 2011 - 01:42pm PT
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If you look closely, you can see Locker in this one!!!!
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Dingus Milktoast
Gym climber
Run like the wind.
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May 15, 2011 - 06:22pm PT
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That does look like the cosmic locker bobblehead.
DMT
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cleo
Social climber
Berkeley, CA
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May 17, 2011 - 04:05pm PT
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Cool thread!
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FortMental
Social climber
Albuquerque, NM
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May 17, 2011 - 04:30pm PT
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What's the name of that John McPhee book?
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Cosmiccragsman
Trad climber
AKA Dwain, from Apple Valley, Ca. and Vegas!
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May 18, 2011 - 11:02am PT
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"That does look like the cosmic locker bobblehead."
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Bowser
Trad climber
Red River NM
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May 18, 2011 - 12:01pm PT
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MisterE
Social climber
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May 14, 2012 - 04:04pm PT
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Saw this one at the Pratt's Crack area in Pine Creek Canyon yesterday:
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MisterE
Social climber
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Bump for Midnight Rock - Trippy:
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
Panorama City, California & living in Seattle
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Nick
climber
portland, Oregon
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Mar 10, 2013 - 03:15am PT
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Mar 11, 2013 - 11:22pm PT
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Hiked out to look at a pending project today, and remembered this thread.
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Fletcher
Trad climber
The great state of advaita
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Mar 11, 2013 - 11:34pm PT
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The Elephant Tree of Puppy Dome:
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Fletcher
Trad climber
The great state of advaita
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Mar 11, 2013 - 11:38pm PT
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Just back from Jackson Hole, where I learned there is a Sleeping Indian (aka Sheep Mountain):
Tons of Bighorn out there... we saw about 50 just outside of Jackson in the Elk Refuge.
Eric
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
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Mar 12, 2013 - 06:40am PT
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matty
Trad climber
under the sea
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Mar 12, 2013 - 08:54am PT
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horsing around in Peru..
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 12, 2013 - 08:58am PT
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Triceratops!
...or was it a giant weevil?
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Mar 12, 2013 - 09:49am PT
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Looks more like Rosie O'donald or Oprah when shes in very heavy mode than a girl from the 60s Levy.
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craig mo
Trad climber
L.A. Ca.
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Mar 12, 2013 - 10:01am PT
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TheTye
Trad climber
Sacramento CA
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Mar 12, 2013 - 10:31am PT
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Can't seem to find Che
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Edge
Trad climber
New Durham, NH
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Mar 12, 2013 - 10:35am PT
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TheTye, look on the fin of rock above and just right of the climber.
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Off White
climber
Tenino, WA
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Mar 12, 2013 - 03:39pm PT
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I kinda wish I couldn't see the face in this one, but oh well...
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Mar 12, 2013 - 06:38pm PT
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Wow, how'd I miss this one before?
I'm lookin...
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Mar 12, 2013 - 07:13pm PT
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TheTye
Trad climber
Sacramento CA
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Mar 21, 2013 - 03:33pm PT
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Ah... there it is.
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