Pareidolia

When you see a familiar shape in an arbitrary image, it is called a "pareidolia.” The summer afternoon stormy season is perfect for watching out for these in the sky. You might find an interesting pareidolia before or after the storm as the clouds build up before or as they break away after. Either way looking for a pareidolia is one of my favorite things to do with my grandsons. It’s handy if they have a phone to catch a photo of one too, as in the case of this one snapped with a camera phone the other evening at the Camden County High School track where I like to take an evening stroll with friends. Do you see the profile of a face gazing toward the sunset in the clouds we saw? Maybe it looks like one of the actors in the TV series The Game of Thrones or a long haired NFL player without his helmet to you or more like a Dr. Seuss character (like it does to me). Next time you get outdoors take time to look around you because you never know just what you might see. Things can be pretty interesting when you are looking up!