You’ve likely looked at a photo and asked yourself, “Is that what I think it is?” Our brains can deceive us like that at times, so it isn’t your fault. But you may need to do a double-take to understand what is actually happening.
Check these images out and see for yourself. You will eventually realize that these are merely well-timed and taken at the perfect angle, but at first glance, you may feel like your eyes are playing tricks on you.
As always, don’t forget to upvote those that grabbed your attention the most!
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The Reflection Off My Laundry Detergent Looks Like Saturn
Almost took the words out my mouth. That's pretty dope.
Load More Replies...This is one of the things I love about phones, you see something weird and you can show people. Describing it just isn't as good.
Four planets in our solar system have rings -- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, but Saturn's are by far the most impressive.
Followup question: Which planet is the most fun to say?
Load More Replies...My Dog Kinda Looks Like An Oil Painting In This Photo
Close-Up Of An Old Tree Stump That Looks Like Jungle-Like Mountains
George, George, George of the Jungle, watch out for that tree... stump.
If at one point you thought you saw the face of Jesus Christ on your breakfast toast, don’t worry, you’re not going crazy. You’re likely experiencing a case of pareidolia.
Live Science defines this as a brain phenomenon in which you may see or even hear something significant in a random image or pattern. In most cases, however, people often see human faces in inanimate objects.
The Sky Over Minnesota Reminds Me Of That Scene Of Interstellar When They're On The Water Planet
That looks like a NASTY storm coming. When the sky does things like that, it's time to seek shelter.
Looks like a civilization ending tsunami that only The Rock, Will Smith or Mark Wahlberg can save us from. Depends on the budget.
Normally, I'm rather good at switching between seeing what it looks like and what it's supposed to be, but this one my brain just doesn't want to compute. That is a stormy sea, period. 🤣
Sunset Looks Like The Apocalypse
According to a Google Lens search : Lisbon, Portugal.
Load More Replies...Who Is This Diva?
So cool!! The Chinese Chrysanthemum. 瑞云殿 - meaning Cloud Palace. It is the 'Atsumono' variety or 'ousyu(奥州=old name of Tohoku area)-giku) developed in the Tohoku area.
Now, for the question of “Why?” Experts have different theories and responses to this. According to Harvard Medical School professor Dr. Nouchine Hadjukhani, we humans could recognize faces from the moment we were born.
"If you take a baby just after a few minutes of life, he will direct his attention toward something that has the general features of a face versus something that has the same elements but in a random order," Dr. Hadjikhani told the BBC in an interview.
Like A Portal To Another Dimension
Better yet. I can think of several heads of state that we can toss into another dimension.
"*Another* cross-dimensional rip, Ray? That's the third one this week!"
"Chill Bill. My cat b u t t dialed an inter-dimensional portal ... again. I will have a talk with her. Catnip world is ok. Soul eating demon dimension is not ok."
Load More Replies...Philip Pullman's Northern lights come to mind, just the bridge is missing
I see a most of a dragon facing right, arm, leg And part of body coming through that other dimension
This Window Looking Like A Painting
Especially if a donkey or two were added as guardian animals for the cows. I love donkeys.
Load More Replies...Looks like the moos. More to come at 6pm.
Load More Replies...Appreciate People Like You Regardless
Better safe than sorry! I'm sure the police were happy to find this as well.
they'd much rather you call and it turns out to be nothing. They like nothing calls. One more hour they might not wind up dead, or find dead bodies.
For University College London neuroscientist Sophie Scott, pareidolia can also be a result of our own expectations. In the same BBC interview, she also used the "Jesus face" in the toast example, stating that a person is likely to interpret based on preconceived notions rather than what is actually in front of them. And this is where pareidolia can be powerful for people who believe in miracles.
“We really want to see things like faces, we really want to hear things like voices, and our perceptual system will set out to do that,” she said.
Asperitas Clouds Look Like They Came From A Van Gogh Painting
Awesome. Everyone always remembers American Pie but Vincent is highly underrated. Beautiful song.
Load More Replies...My Car Resembles Toothless From 'How To Train Your Dragon'
It’s an Audi. If you look closely between the front lights, you can see the barely visible iconic four rings.
Load More Replies...I'm actually listening to the soundtrack from the movie right now. What a coincidence!
This Pencil’s Shavings Look Like A Flower
The pencil & sharpener is specially designed to create flower-shaped shavings
https://www.amazon.com/ZELYHH-Triangular-Presharpened-Sharpened-Triangle/dp/B0B15J26SK?th=1
Load More Replies...Another interesting aspect of pareidolia is that it also involves emotions beyond the visual. As explained in a 2020 study published in the Psychological Science journal, it enables us not only to see faces but also to sense a personality.
As an example, the authors of the study used a house window that may make you feel as though a pair of eyes is watching you. It’s also why you may see a smiling face on a capsicum.
Photo I Took Of Florida Moonlight Looks Like A Hollywood Set Backdrop
Sunset Looks Like A Fire
I had nothing to do with it. I was at work all day. I have witnesses. I was totally not summoning demons from hell. You can't prove anything.
This one really had me at first! It definitely looks like flames
Wow, what’s Niflheim Der doing? They’re not harassing you. I’m shocked.
Load More Replies...Curious how many people were on the verge of dialing 911 to report this horrific fire.
There's a Sigil Stone inside. (Also, this reminds me of the Manitoba wildfires, which I hope they handle)
Snow Outside My Dorm Looked Like A Blanket
What about you, readers? Which of these photos grabbed your attention the most? What is it about them that stood out to you? Let us know in the comments!
Fungus That Perfectly Resembles Fire
Fungi with brite colors are generally bad things to eat. Unless you enjoy going blind and bleeding out of multiple orifices.
Load More Replies...The Shadow Of That Bike Looks Like A Xenomorph
And to think there's a comment on the previous post that says "aliens!"
I Found This Salt Flake That Resembles Chichén Itzá
I get Murray River salt (from the Murray River in Australia) - pretty much the whole packet is little pyramids like this. It’s so cool!
Sunset Made This Building Look Like It Was On Fire
I've seen this effect on buildings near me, but not nearly this realistic with flames shooting out of the windows.
Sunlight Pouring Through This Fountain In L'aquila, Italy, Makes It Look Like It's Pouring Lava
I Laughed Harder Than I Should’ve
Today I learned a lot. 1) there is a thing, evidently a hair style, called a Boosie fade; 2) there are people who are familiar with it; 3) there are people who think it's widely known.
Just keep randomly tapping his head going "Check, Check" 123."
Load More Replies...Is that hair? That looks absolutely ridiculous. I wouldn’t get that hair cut for a billion pounds!
I would. Hair grows back, but now I have the billion pounds.
Load More Replies...In my country we have a slang for that kind of haircut that translates as "microphone haircut".
This Moth I Found In My Garden Has Evolved To Resemble A Piece Of Birch Wood
An Eagle Atop A Frondless Palm Resembles A Space Launch!
And there's me thinking it looks like a very long and well rolled spliff.
This Lenticular Cloud That Resembles An Sr-71
Sort of, but it doesn’t have the same long, pointed nose like the Concorde. It also has a bumpy top (yes I know that sounds weird) at the front, whereas the Concorde’s is more flat and round.
Load More Replies...This Cloud Looks Like The Pi Symbol
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This Egg Yolk Looks Like A Person Emoji
And I Clicked It
Triangular because that requires incrementally less plastic than the round ones.
Load More Replies...This Is Not Mannequin Sitting Next To Me On This Flight. She Is Asleep And Snoring
Don't take photos of people without their consent, Esp not too laugh at them. Imagine being by that person and finding your picture on the internet and people laughing. Thats not çool.
Hmm - did the photographer get permission to publish the photo? 🤨 If not, shame on him. Most of us look a bit derpy when asleep...
they don't close anymore. The skin's too tight around her cheeks and forehead
Load More Replies...Dog Looks Like He's Wearing Pants
What’s his/her name? Actually, I don’t think the name matters for Chuck (in profile pic).
Load More Replies...A Tree Next To My House Has A Perfect #5 In The Branches:
The Bubbles At The Bottom Of My Water Glass Look Like A Script Of Some Kind
Apparently it says "utopia" over and over- it's a UK brand of glasses
A View From My Car Looks Similar To The View From The Airplane
From the OP on reddit, this is from Mt. Gomi in Georgia. (Country not the State)
Load More Replies...According to the original post on Reddit it's Mt Gomi in Georgia the country and they are parked at a look out point so all you see is the clouds below. It was driving me crazy because you can't drive through that😂
I want to say yes but I genuinely can’t tell 😅 they could technically be parked somewhere high up looking over clouds but I think snow seems more likely
Load More Replies...I Grew A Beet That Looks Very Similar To A Heart
I see the heart, I also see a face at the top to none matching eyes. There’s a dark red triangle. It looks like the nose. There is an elephant, That is on the left side and it is facing right side. There is a dark spot right where the eye is. Quite a beet.😍
I'm a bit suspicious of the authenticity of this one, as it's peeled. Nothing would have prevented them from shaving a bit extra here and there to make it look more like a heart
Chipped Paint On This Propane Tank Lid Resembles A Globe
With a reverse, pause and play button. OMG, I so wish we could reverse this orb.
I Scraped Some Margarine For Some Toast This Morning And It Looks Like A Chameleon At Rest
Butter all day long. And marmite (love it or you hate it, I love it).
Load More Replies...If you're margarine is that hard you need to turn your fridge down a bit.
Better yet, turn down the invitation to use margarine.
Load More Replies...The Butter Stain On The Knife Resembles A Forest And A Single Tree
The Roots Of This Tree Look Like Smooth Stone
Honestly, it's pretty close. I once dropped a crucible of brass in the garage (A little tiny one, about the size of can). After letting it cool so I could pick up the graphite chunks, the remaining metal looked roughly like that tree, though obviously with no trunk and more yellow. Still keep the metal 'plate' around as a reminder of why we always check the condition of the graphite lining before heating it up and attempting to pick it up with tongs.
Load More Replies...This tree is likely a Bald Cypress, known for its distinctive "knees" which are root projections that grow above the ground, particularly in wet or swampy conditions. The "knees" are thought to help the tree with oxygen intake in waterlogged soil and provide stability. These trees are native to the southeastern United States and are known for their longevity, with some living over 1,000 years.
This Tree Burnt In A Wildfire Years Ago Resembles A Topological Map
My New Mandolin Slicer Slices Carrots So Thinly They Look Like Biological Specimens
Good job with the slice...just watch those fingers or it will be a biological specimen!
Who makes the mandolin? We’ve been through many looking for the perfect one.
I'll never have one of those in my house again after I sliced off a piece of my thumb last year. It was only skin, but apparently there's an artery in your thumb and I hit it. I probably lost a pint of blood and finally took myself to the urgent care center where the doctor spent about 45 minutes bandaging it whole series of steps that she said she could not trust to a nurse because of how bad the cup was. It took almost a month to completely scab over, several more months before it looked like skin again, and to this day there's no fingerprint on that part of the thumb and it hurts if I press on it too hard.
The common science lab version of a mandoline, used for cutting slices of biological material for microscopy, is called a microtome.
Oh yeah, these Benriner mandolins are the bomb! I've taken slices of my fingers a few times, I use the finger guard now (most of the time). Mines old, I wish it was sharper.
My Friend Just Picked A Bell Pepper From His Yard That Almost Exactly Resembles A Human Brain
And it's an orangish color. I wonder who it could belong to?
Load More Replies...Who Lives In A Pineapple Under The Sea?
I would eat this if it didn't look like something that just sat in my sink drain for a week
... And a sacher cake is brown, like brown af. Yeah it's a mochi cake.
Load More Replies...looks oily, dense, and altogether revolting. Yes I admit I haven't tried it, but...
Thought The Cup Was Blasting Off For A Second There
Oh god. I’ve seen this photo a couple of times before. But for the first time ever, I finally found the dog today.
Oh my gosh, now I see it. I thought it was an action shot of it spilling.
Load More Replies...Okay, I'll say it: I saw a snapshot of a spill accident and wondered how they managed to capture that one second from two perspectives
Oh there's a dog- I couldn't understand what was happening here, for some reason my brain thought the cup had spilled and it was so cold the drink instantly froze or something.
If you hover over the image (right under the caption) it says it is a cat.
I think that's AI and it's definitely wrong. That's not a tail, it's a white pattern on the animal's chest (fairly sure it's also a dog and not a cat). It also says the ivy "tree" is a human side profile, and the tree burned by wildfire was carved by insects, sooo I wouldn't rely on it.
Load More Replies...Now That's What I Would Call A "Hot Dog"
Hey little girl is your daddy home? Did he go away and leave you all alone. I got a bad desire. I'm on fire.
Ivy On A Telephone Pole That Makes It Look Like A Tree
I've seen a couple of these, but usually they look more like a cypress tree
Load More Replies...I just checked the source and it is definitely ivy on a telephone pole. If you really zoom in you can see that there are no roots and there are ivy branches climbing up the pole. Plus, this is most likely winter and no deciduous tree would be in full leaf.
After seeing your comment, I also noticed a lot of trees in the background with no leaves. Just the one evergreen, which this is clearly not. Wild how much it looks like a tree.
Load More Replies...That's bittersweet and it's incredibly invasive. Once established on a tree, even cutting their roots won't k**l them. They can suck nutrients directly from tree trunk.
You have to dab the cut end with RoundUp. Bittersweet is a scourge. (Typically, I don't use herbicides for anything, but I make an exception for bittersweet.)
Load More Replies...Powder Looks Like A Renaissance Painting
I Made Vodka Sauce That Resembles Jupiter
Who wastes their time caring about what other people do with their vodka?
Load More Replies...This Cookie That Resembles The Icon For WiFi
Yaaaaa I can’t buy them. I’d eat the whole package.
Load More Replies...This Hole In Knee Of My Gfs Pants That Oddly Resembles Pacman Eating Two Dots
No Pac Man went pikka pikka pikka pikka.
Load More Replies...This Egg I'm Incubating Looks Like The Spider-Man Symbol
Spider Chicken! Spider Chicken! Does whatever a Spider Chicken does
Load More Replies...View From My Porch In La: Looks Like A Mushroom Cloud Tonight
Someone said something really stupid and it was the only comment so I'm just going to say, I hope everyone in LA is OK and continues to be so. The Marines are deploying to the streets tonight so stay frosty. Don't pick fights and if you hear gunfire, run like hell. DO NOT BE A HERO! They are deploying trained killers. They only know "shoot to k**l"
This is from five months ago during the wildfires
Load More Replies...My Steak Resembles The U.S.
A lot of steak and pork chops look roughly like that. Or Canada (as in, meat that looks like Canada)
Forgotten Microwaved Beans Resemble Coral Reef
Long enough to evolve a civilization of tiny people who, for some reason, worship something they call The Great Mycotrope. Time works different in microwaves.
Load More Replies...People who go on holiday for three weeks. Do not ask me how I know.
Load More Replies...The Floor Of My Train In Japan Looks Like Qr Codes
Kidney Stone That Resembles Covid-19 Virus
Pretty sure it would be physically impossible to pass one that large
Load More Replies...I've had three kidney stones, #1 was 7mm, they had to go in, break it up, and remove the bits. Numbers 2 and 3 were 5mm and 3mm, and I passed those. The pain level was incredibly high, childbirth was less painful than passing kidney stones. I'm not kidding even a little bit. Pro Medical Tip: Drinking lemon water or lemonade can help dissolve stones.
Wow, now I know for the future! Thanks. Luckily, I have never had the unpleasantcy (I created that word) to have had a kidney stone, and hopefully I never will!
Load More Replies...I had a friend who had kidney stones says passing one is the worst pain he has ever felt.
The Mud On This Truck Resembles Something Of A Painting Including A Forest And A Waterfall
I Cannot Believe It Isn't
Really! I'd hate to see what "a lot" is... burning down the house?
Load More Replies...How s****d do you have to be to put Ramen noodles straight onto a hot frying pan? I've been way s****d myself, but never that bombed. Or, how dUUUUUm?
Same
I must live in a bubble, elephant I understand and have paid to see them. What is a Dua Lipa? And how is this stunning? Let the hate begin.
My Pond Froze With A Design Resembling Neurons
Rain And Ice Formed What Resembles A Fur Tree On The Side Of A Condo's Roof
This House Looks Like A Suspended Shipping Container
Cathedral In Reykjavik Made To Look Like Basalt Volcanic Columns
The Wire For My Electric Toothbrush Looks Like A Tooth With A Cavity
The Reflection In My TV Looks Like A Play Button
Carful with that. Sunlight in a regular position can actually damage that part of the TV
Lenticular Cloud Over The White Mtns Resembles A Heart
My Mom Combined Two Dish Soaps And The Result Looks Like A Magic Potion
This Bruise On My Eye Looks Like Eyeliner
who the actual Ever clicks on the adds in these articles, unless by accident.
I hate that the close X is so tiny but I can't see the content, and then I miss the X several times 🤬
Load More Replies...No Seriously Thought We Were Looking At A Country From Aerial View
My Cat Scratched Me And It Looks Like “-2”
It is a Z! No, that is a 2. Zorro the Gay Blade
Load More Replies...Ornament We Made As Kids In The 1960s Bares A Striking Resemblance To The Covid-19 Virus
Actually the typo is OP's fault on Reddit, BP just copied and pasted it without spellcheck.
Load More Replies...I Found A Strange Bug With What Looks Like Eggs On It’s Back
A parasitic wasp has laid eggs on the back of this caterpillar. They will hatch and eat it!
Load More Replies...Random Blister That Looks Like An Exclamation Point Appeared On My Finger
This Mop Wringer Resembles Optimus Prime
I don’t see anyone paying them to save Earth from the Decepticons so, gotta pay the bills somehow
I Thought Someone Melted Their Hair With Bleach
The List Of Beverages Available In This Japanese Restaurant Looks Like A Japanese Passport
Checked OP, they live in Spain, it's probably local.
Load More Replies...My 8 Year Old Was Very Excited That The Pastry He Baked Happens To Resemble His B-2 Toy
I Put Ghee In My Coffee This Morning And It Looked Like Celestial Bodies In Space
Ghee...in...coffee?? I know I shouldn't judge, especially without trying it first, but I'm out.
LCHF? I would prefer cream, though I don't drink coffee...
Load More Replies...A friend would put coconut oil in his coffee and talked me into tasting it. I did. Once.
Dripping Faucet With Ice That Resembles A Glass Bottle
I Thought So Too
“Another Espresso”
The Residue Of This Coffee I Got Kind Of Resembles Musical Notation
This Snow That Resembles A Topographic Map
On a glacier in Iceland I saw snow formations that looked exactly like sand dunes except for colour and they were tiny, about a foot high. Most confusing.
This Tick That I Picked Up Because I Thought It Was A Rock
On my way home from a wilderness Search and Rescue mission, I saw a tick crawling on my arm. Exited freeway. Entered McD's restroom stall and stripped off completely. Had some civvies with me, thank goodness. Eww. Ick ick ick.
This Croissant Looks Similar To A Nintendo 64 Controller
My Sourdough Loaf Looks Like A Horizontal Section Of A Brain
My Beer Looked Like Blue Paint, And Had The Texture Of Blue Paint
This is Out of Order: Hidey-Ho" American Sour beer from RAR Brewing. It's a smoothie sour with a 5% ABV. It has a creamy, tart base with flavors of cotton candy, bubble gum, and pastry cream. Some variations include Granny Smith apples, caramel, and vanilla. The beer is described as a dessert-like experience with a refreshing sour twist.
Reflection Off My Car Resembles An Upvote!
It's Not?
G A speaks for me too - what's all this about?
Load More Replies...Well, there was some idiot called Niflheim Der that was trolling The Majestic Opossum. They were replying to everyone of their comments and saying rude things for absolutely no reason. It’s like a Nate troll but for someone else. BP is really getting out of hand these days, almost like an argument has to be started on every article. I miss when everything was just peaceful and every could get along.
Load More Replies...Happy brain off entertainment. Given what's in the news at the moment, just what I need...
Well, there was some idiot called Niflheim Der that was trolling The Majestic Opossum. They were replying to everyone of their comments and saying rude things for absolutely no reason. It’s like a Nate troll but for someone else. BP is really getting out of hand these days, almost like an argument has to be started on every article. I miss when everything was just peaceful and every could get along.
Load More Replies...Happy brain off entertainment. Given what's in the news at the moment, just what I need...
