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Discover the best examples of pareidolia, including Todd Terwilliger's stunning image of faces in random patterns. Click to explore!

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This is quite simply one of the best examples of pareidolia - seeing faces or other familiar things in otherwise random patterns - I have ever seen:

How cool is that? The picture was taken by Todd Terwilliger, and I had a bit of a time tracking it down! Anthony Mills sent me a tweet about the picture, but that went to a "Picture of the Day" kind of site. I used reverse Google image search, but that returned dozens of sites and blogs that had used the image without permission or a link to the original (grrrr). I dug a little deeper, and eventually found Todd's page on Flickr. I sent him a note and he kindly gave me permission to use it. So I make this plea: when you use a picture form the 'net, please please please give credit and a link to the original source! It ...

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