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Pareidolia
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Pareidolia is an illusion: the human brain interprets a random pattern as something recognisable.
An eroded mesa whose shape and shadows resemble a human head. Viking 1 image, 1976; inset: high-resolution Mars Global Surveyor image, 2001.
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