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A Helicopter-Shaped Cloud

A Helicopter-Shaped Cloud

After dinner today, Verna looked out of the front window and saw a cloud that appeared to look like the silhouette of an aircraft. She grabbed her camera and got this image of the phenomenon before it morphed into a randomly shaped cloud.

I remembered that there is a term to describe seeing objects in nature that one perceives as resembling something else. However, I could not remember the exact term so I did an internet search on “clouds that resemble things” and found the following result on Askville which led me to Wikipedia:

Pareidolia

Pareidolia (parr-i-DOH-lee-uh) is a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as significant, a form of apophenia. Common examples include seeing images of animals or faces in clouds, the man in the moon or the Moon rabbit, and hearing hidden messages on records when played in reverse.

Interesting. And I’m still a nerd as a senior citizen. Click on the image to enlarge.

UPDATE: Seeing extraterrestrial alien faces in Ice Cream: Alien Frosty Paws.

February 1, 2014 by Nerdliness Photography Weirdness

Electronics Recycling

Electronics Recycling

We have been good recyclers for several years, not because we’re enviro-freaks, but because we believe it’s the right thing to do. When it comes to electronics and used battery disposal, we have a special place to collect those. Today, we took the stuff to the town public works center where a collection point had been set up for stuff like this.

There was an amazing diversity of what people consider “electronics recycle,” including old tube-type TVs, vacuum cleaners, a giant flat-screen TV and several loose boxes of “junk.” Click on the image to enlarge.

November 12, 2013 by Arizona Weirdness

Trailer Trash

Trailer Trash

About ten miles down US 60 from Wickenburg, is Morristown. There isn’t much there that is visible from the highway but several abandoned buildings and this old decrepit trailer. I am sure that there is more to the town, but unless you get off of the highway, you won’t see it. Verna thinks that there might STILL be someone living in this wreck. Click on the image to enlarge.

September 1, 2013 by Weirdness

Desert Tikis

Desert Tikis

One of our townsfolk carved these south-Pacific tikis out of palm tree trunks. He has a roadside concession just down US 60 southeast of town. Click on the image to enlarge.

October 24, 2012 by Arizona Photography Weirdness

Arizona Wildfires

This is the smoke billowing up from the Crown King, or Gladiator wildfire. The fire is about thirty miles northeast of Wickenburg. We drove up the hill north of our road where I took this photo. We figure that there is no imminent danger to us from that fire. Click on the image to enlarge.

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May 17, 2012 by Arizona Photography Weirdness

Saguaro Shack

Verna drove home from the Colorado River yesterday, so I was in charge of the camera. On the road near Bouse (rhymes with house) Arizona, I took a photo of a little roadside stand where the porch had been built around a couple of saguaro cacti. Click on the image to enlarge.

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April 29, 2012 by Leisure Photography Vacation Weirdness

Avalon 1998

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