Comments on: Careidolia

By: Ted Herrlich

Ted Herrlich — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:02:21 +0000

I know, this is the remains of the Marshmallow Man from the first Ghostbusters movie!

By: NASAMan

NASAMan — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:39:53 +0000

Is it celebrating the end of spring?

By: Svlad Cjelli

Svlad Cjelli — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:07:03 +0000

Jack Frost!

By: John Paradox

John Paradox — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:06:09 +0000

An X-ray of “Jack” from Jack In The Box restaurants?

J/P=?

By: Darrin

Darrin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:20:51 +0000

Obviously it’s the Awesome Smiley.

By: TS

TS — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:34:14 +0000

That picture reminded me of a recent visit to the Jewish Museum in Berlin. It has nothing to do with pareidolia, but interesting nonetheless.

By: Crudely Wrott

Crudely Wrott — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:37:56 +0000

Wall bee. Got one just like it.
How ’bout that?

By: Bill Cassell

Bill Cassell — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:08:50 +0000

Uh oh. I just looked into His “eyes”. I think I now need a tetanus shot =)

By: Stone Age Scientist

Stone Age Scientist — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:20:08 +0000

OMG! It’s Apocalypse in the world of Watchmen! I can still see traces of The Comedian’s blood on it!

By: Adrian Lopez

Adrian Lopez — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:09:03 +0000

It has a little hat.

By: David Richards

David Richards — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:56:24 +0000

Slightly reminiscent of Tim Burton’s Jack Skellington.

By: Annalee Flower Horne

Annalee Flower Horne — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:55:33 +0000

My first thought? “That’s shrapnel from a comic book bomb.”

By: Robert Madewell

Robert Madewell — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:54:45 +0000

Do you see that scrawl on the top of the thing? I think it says Allah in arabic.

By: dre

dre — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:27:40 +0000

That’s a snazzy little hat he’s wearing.

By: Andy wilson

Andy wilson — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:49:10 +0000

I think I can see Jesus. Or is it the Marshmallow man off ghostbusters?

By: BigBob

BigBob — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:28:36 +0000

It’s a friendly jar of Marmite[(:)

By: buckyogi

buckyogi — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:23:38 +0000

OMG! It’s Jesus’ bellhop!

By: Sili

Sili — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:08:45 +0000

I love stuff with faces on them.

By: Dwhisper

Dwhisper — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:59:30 +0000

I look at it and I see cookie monster…

By: Bill Chapman

Bill Chapman — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:53:24 +0000

Hi Phil,

KQED’s Quest did a segment last night on Asteroid Impacts (video available at http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/asteroid-hunters). They didn’t mention you or your book, though. Could they be upset that you’ve left northern California?

By: richard

richard — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:52:07 +0000

terrible/awesome pun.

By: foundonmars

foundonmars — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:50:36 +0000

That is Repaireidolia