寻找月球上的男人

2024年9月15日

Find the Man in the Moon
Image Credit & Copyright: Dani Caxete

Explanation: Have you ever seen the Man in the Moon? This common question plays on the ability of humans to see pareidolia — imagining familiar icons where they don’t actually exist. The textured surface of Earth’s full Moon is home to numerous identifications of iconic objects, not only in modern western culture but in world folklore throughout history. Examples, typically dependent on the Moon‘s perceived orientation, include the Woman in the Moon and the Rabbit in the Moon. One facial outline commonly identified as the Man in the Moon starts by imagining the two dark circular areas — lunar maria — here just above the Moon‘s center, to be the eyes. Surprisingly, there actually is a man in this Moon image — a close look will reveal a real person — with a telescope — silhouetted against the Moon. This well-planned image was taken in 2016 in Cadalso de los Vidrios in Madrid, Spain.

Observe the Moon Night: NASA Coverage
Tomorrow’s picture: near Mercury

寻找月球上的男人
影像提供与版权: Dani Caxete

说明: 你看过月球上的男人吗？这个常见问题涉及人类的视错觉联想力，即是想像那些实际上并不存在的熟悉图样。无论是在现代西方文化中，或是从古到今的世界民间传说中，满是纹理的月球表面是许多标志性物体的所在地。举例来说，和月亮视觉上指向有关的图案，通常包括有月亮上的女人与月亮上的兔子等传说。当你从位在月球中心上方的二个黝黑圆形月海，开始想像它们是一双眼睛，月球表面的纹理经常可被辨认出月亮上的男人。令人惊讶的是，当你仔细观察这张月球影像之后，就会发现在月球的映衬下，山顶上呈现出有一拿着望远镜的真人轮廓。这张精心策划的组合照片的前景是2016年于西班牙 马德里的Cadalso de los Vidrios镇所拍摄的。

观月夜: NASA报道
明日的图片: near Mercury