火星上的熊？

火星上的熊？

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The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured this bit of ursine pareidolia on Dec. 12, 2022. While it resembles a bear we might see on Earth, this is actually a hill on Mars with a peculiar shape. A V-shaped collapse structure makes the nose, two craters form the eyes, and a circular fracture pattern shapes the head. The circular fracture pattern might be due to the settling of a deposit over a buried impact crater. Launched on August 12, 2015, the MRO studies the history of water on Mars and observes small-scale features on the planet’s surface. See more examples of pareidolia—the human tendency to see recognizable shapes in unfamiliar objects or data—from Mars. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona 2022年12月12日，火星勘测轨道飞行器（MRO）于2022年12月12日拍摄了这张熊的幻想性视错觉。虽然它很像我们在地球上看到的熊，但这实际上是火星上一座形状奇特的小山。V形塌陷结构形成了鼻子，两个弹坑形成了眼睛，圆形断裂图案形成了头部。圆形断裂模式可能是由于沉积物在埋藏的撞击坑上沉降造成的。 MRO于2015年8月12日发射，研究火星上的水的历史，并观察火星表面的小尺度特征。请看更多关于空想的例子——人类倾向于在不熟悉的物体或数据中看到可识别的形状。 图片来源：NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

罗夏克墨渍极光

罗夏克墨渍极光

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2021年10月30日 A Rorschach Aurora Image Credit & Copyright: Göran Strand Explanation: If you see this as a monster’s face, don’t panic. It’s only pareidolia, often experienced as the tendency to see faces in patterns of light and shadow. In fact, the startling visual scene is actually a 180 degree panorama of Northern Lights, digitally mirrored like inkblots on a folded piece of paper. Frames used to construct it were captured on a September night from the middle of a waterfall-crossing suspension bridge in Jamtland, Sweden. With geomagnetic storms triggered by recent solar activity, auroral displays could be very active at planet Earth’s high latitudes in the coming days. But if you see a monster’s face in your own neighborhood tomorrow night, it might just be…

火星脸谱

火星脸谱

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2021年07月04日 The Face on Mars Image Credit: NASA, Viking 1 Orbiter Explanation: Wouldn’t it be fun if clouds were castles? Wouldn’t it be fun if the laundry on the bedroom chair was a superhero? Wouldn’t it be fun if rock mesas on Mars were interplanetary monuments to the human face? Clouds, though, are floating droplets of water and ice. Laundry is cotton, wool, or plastic, woven into garments. Famous Martian rock mesas known by names like the Face on Mars appear quite natural when seen more clearly on better images. Is reality boring? Nobody knows why some clouds make rain. Nobody knows if life ever developed on Mars. Nobody knows why the laundry on the bedroom chair smells like root beer. Scientific exploration can not…