30 photos that will make you look at them twice (31 photos)

When you look up at the sky, dotted with fluffy clouds, what do you see? Maybe you picture an elephant holding a balloon? Or a fire-breathing dragon? It’s not surprising, because our brains tend to recognize familiar images and shapes. This phenomenon, known as pareidolia, plays an important role in how we perceive the world and help us avoid danger. Here is a collection of such examples.





1. I went to Vulcan, Alberta, and all the street lights there are shaped like the starship Enterprise



2. My cat looks like lemur





3. The caterpillar disguises itself as a leaf



4. The Madagascar gecko looks like a fallen leaf



5. A moth masquerading as a birch



6. This flower looks like icing



7. A staff wizard



8. I found a rock on the beach that looks like a beach on a rock



9. Scooby-Doo?



10. Frosty fur coat



11. "Boot" from the garden



12. Mushroom, not glove



13. Roses on a leaf



14. A starfish looks like a comet



15. A match turned into a microphone with stand



16. South Los Angeles looks like a motherboard



17. A small feather in the iris



18. Arrows on the saw cut trees



19. The butterfly camouflages itself



20. Like a tree with oranges



21. Rusty pliers look like wooden



22. We definitely don't need "cookies" like that



23. The gantry crane resembles At-At



24. Pancake in the form brain



25. Just poured soap into the dispenser



26. My son took a picture of a cloud that looks like a fighter jet



27. The tree resembles whisk



28. Snow "paper"



29. "Spark" from the garden



30. St. Louis Arch (state Missouri, USA) looks like a futuristic space station