Three thousand years ago, in ancient China, sages stuck red hot pokers into empty turtle shells to study the way cracks developed on the flat side of the shell. Depending on the pattern made by the ...

A mountain rock in the shape of a human face. Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Similar to Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story, "The Great Stone Face." Source: Gusman/Bridgeman Images, used with permission "One ...

“Pareidolia: This body of work is called ‘Pareidolia’ because every image suggests more than is present. While common examples of this phenomenon suggest that we see the common simple things in the ...

Some of the best examples are found in Faces (2000), a book by Robert and Robert: through their striking photographs, the authors demonstrate how everyday objects, such as a kitchen mop or an ...