• Question: why does there appear to be a face on the moon?

    Asked by 754tch52 to Vinita, Kirsty, Col Op, Charlie 🚀, Andrea on 15 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Andrea Boyd

      Andrea Boyd answered on 15 Jun 2016:


      It’s the way some of the Moon’s surface rocks and their shadows look from our perspective in a photo – humans are very good at finding faces in the environment, imagining pictures in clouds etc – it’s a great skill in general as this feature of our brain also helps us find our friend’s face in a crowded room.

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