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Undertoad 12-09-2006 12:17 PM

December 9, 2006: Young man of the mountain
 
http://cellar.org/2006/youngmanofthemountain.jpg

Spluch finds and translates this item from the Chinese Xinhua:

"This rock formation which resembles a human face (when viewed from the side) can be found at Shiquan town in Shanxi province, China. It was formed after the construction of the mountain road was completed. This creation is purely accidental."

Now, this entry is less interesting to those of you who never saw or never heard of New Hampshire's rock formation which became its unofficial symbol, before it came crashing down in 2003: The Old Man of the Mountains.

And as a long-time skeptic I know that the faces are simply our minds making sense of patterns. This is what we do. But I can't resist thinking, well, the Old Man can't be held back; knock him down in one part of the earth and his younger version pops out in another place.

lumberjim 12-09-2006 12:21 PM

the chinese man of the mountain looks decidedly anglo. and a good bit tougher than the new england one. although, the new england one looks a good bit like the patriot on their football helmet.

Bromskloss 12-09-2006 02:06 PM

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ntrushmore.jpg
No, I promise, it's purely accidental! ;-)

King 12-09-2006 07:08 PM

He looks a bit Roman to me. It really is amazing how people can recognize a human face in almost anything.

xoxoxoBruce 12-09-2006 08:04 PM

He also looks annoyed. Maybe because they stuck a stinky road right under his nose..... or having to move half way around the world, when he still had 6,000 years on his lease. :rtfm:

Elspode 12-10-2006 01:15 PM

And if you look at this formation from any other angle, it doesn't look like anything, I'll bet.

SPUCK 12-11-2006 12:30 AM

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A few blocks from here.

I saw this um... Guy? (Dog?) (Dogguy?)

http://www.cellar.org/attachment.php...1&d=1165818106

ajaccio 12-11-2006 07:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by King
...It really is amazing how people can recognize a human face in almost anything.

Like what astronomers see in the Witch Head Nebula?

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061211.html :eek:

glatt 12-11-2006 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ajaccio
Like what astronomers see in the Witch Head Nebula?

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061211.html :eek:

Ooh. Good one.

Shawnee123 12-11-2006 09:33 AM

I didn't know the Old Man of the Mountain was gone. I saw that on my honeymoon back in 1991. :(

King 12-11-2006 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ajaccio
Like what astronomers see in the Witch Head Nebula?

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061211.html :eek:

Yeah, that's the kind of thing I meant. This is another one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_on_mars

As far as I'm aware, this ability is an evolutionary thing; developed so that we can recognise our carers when we're babies, or at least something along those lines.

wolf 12-11-2006 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SPUCK
A few blocks from here.

I saw this um... Guy? (Dog?) (Dogguy?)

http://www.cellar.org/attachment.php...1&d=1165818106

Looks like a dolphin.

xoxoxoBruce 12-11-2006 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ajaccio
Like what astronomers see in the Witch Head Nebula?

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap061211.html :eek:

Looks like Abe Lincoln, to me.:D

Elspode 12-11-2006 05:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf
Looks like a dolphin.

Nah, that's a shark... :D

morethanpretty 12-11-2006 07:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elspode
Nah, that's a shark... :D

I know this ain't the friday animal img...but would still like all of yall to know that grilled shark is delicious.


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