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Perception of faces - Page 3

Scientists who study face perception currently disagree strongly over whether newborn babies innately know what human faces look like and whether certain brain areas are solely responsible for distinguishing one face from another. This was taken from an article in Science News. What is clear is that we recognise faces from a very early age and this ability stays with us for all of our lives. Who hasn't seen the "man in the moon" or faces in clouds or in the burning embers of a fire?

This page takes a look at some of these images of faces, whether they be in clouds, smoke, fire, pictures of landscapes or whatever. I haven't put them here to prove or disprove the existence of God, the devil, angels, ghosts or anything else, they are here because, like the other subjects on this site, I find them interesting.

Rocks (2)

Cliff face

Rock face

JFK? Hawaii

Pointed nose rock face

High brow rock face

Sleepy Head

Henge face

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England, 8th July 2000

The designer of Stonehenge?

Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England

This photograph was taken by Chris Marshall who very kindly allowed me to use it on these pages.

Chris writes "I took this picture a week or so ago whilst on holiday on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. This is a natural volcanic vent that has a grill over to provide a free barbecue for the restaurant on the site. It was too hot to look over so I just poked my camera down and took a quick shot. The face was immediately apparent on the camera review screen and after showing it to my friends to confirm I was not deluded I went to the nearby shop to see if I could find a postcard of what I thought would be a well known phenomenon. Not finding any I showed the picture to the assistant and she became quite excited and called over everyone she knew to take a look. Quite a few of the guides had a look too and none of them had seen it before. As this site is the major tourist attraction on the Island I was quite surprised at this - but then perhaps I was the only one daft enough to poke an expensive camera down a hole at that temperature!"

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