Comments on: Jesus Christ!

Jesus Christ!

Pretty_Generic — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 08:33:53 -0800

AAAARGH

By: slater

slater — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 08:35:12 -0800

Should we pray that the religious loonies don't jump on this? no wait...

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 08:38:21 -0800

Quick! Sell it on eBay!

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 08:46:15 -0800

In map form

By: terrapin

terrapin — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 08:49:57 -0800

Still shroomin' P_G?

By: sour cream

sour cream — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 08:50:45 -0800

If you zoom in real closely to the lower right, you can even make out the signature: Slartibartfast

By: XQUZYPHYR

XQUZYPHYR — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 08:50:52 -0800

Did anyone else zoom out and immediately get really disappointed when it was Peru and not a fjord in Norway?

By: XQUZYPHYR

XQUZYPHYR — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 08:51:28 -0800

I guess they did.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 08:54:50 -0800

So do people think it's a genuine land formation, or a DigitalGlobe/Google joke?

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 08:56:05 -0800

It's very beautiful. You can easily imagine it in a Leonardo sketchbook.

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 08:56:17 -0800

Human sees anthropomorphic mass in landform. Crickets ensue. I don't even see the jumping off point to make someone claim it's religious. Now the images of satan in smoke, that's something else altogether. Or not.

By: gubo

gubo — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:02:31 -0800

Not so far away, the Nazca Lines. Coincidence? Ho, I think not.

By: maggiemaggie

maggiemaggie — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:03:25 -0800

jesus!

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:05:24 -0800

*looks at it* *blinks* *reads the thread again* *looks at Peru again* *looks at the map of Peru* "Okay I-- No wait." *looks at it again* *blinks* *zooms out* *zooms back in* *zooms in too far* *pulls back* *blinks* *reads thread again* *looks at it yet again* *blinks* "I really don't see what you're all going on about."

By: dhoyt

dhoyt — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:08:18 -0800

It's Daevid Allen from Gong/Soft Machine.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:09:26 -0800

*blinks*

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:09:45 -0800

*leans back on rocking chair* Back in those days, boys an' girls, we hadn't called it the Golden Palace Pass yet, but it was due to change in no time at all...

By: crunchland

crunchland — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:15:59 -0800

Zoom in close, and the face turns into a mass of grey with some tiny letters about "not having the imagery." Hmph. I smell a conspiracy!

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:18:56 -0800

*zooms in again* *frowns*

By: kozad

kozad — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:22:42 -0800

And when The Old Man opens his eyes, the Horsemen of the Apocalypse mount their Fiery Steeds... At least that's how I remember the story the Peruvian shaman told me back in '32...

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:23:31 -0800

zachsmind, this isn't a stereoscopic thing or anything.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:24:05 -0800

IT LOOKS LIKE A FACE!! What are you, autistic? Cause, you know, if you are, you know, that's cool. Everyone's unique, like a snowflake.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:24:45 -0800

Smart Dalek wins long time btw

By: ikkyu2

ikkyu2 — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:31:23 -0800

Silly me, here I thought you were all lamenting about the fact that this is clearly tropical rainforest that's been clearcut. No, no, it's a FACE. Much more important.

By: vagus

vagus — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:32:49 -0800

Well that was creepy.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:34:27 -0800

Isn't more likely to just be, you know, desert?

By: signal

signal — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:35:51 -0800

ikkyu2: "... this is clearly tropical rainforest that's been clearcut. " Um, tropical rainforest in southern, coastal Peru?

By: substrate

substrate — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:39:25 -0800

I think Zachsmind is full of shit, in a condescending sort of way PG.

By: signal

signal — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:45:35 -0800

FWIW, my experience was EXACTLY the same as Zachsmind's. To the letter. I might have zoomed out once more than him, that's all. Re: seeing what isn’t there: Martian Canals.

By: pointilist

pointilist — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:50:40 -0800

anybody have a link to a plain old picture for those of us with unsupported browsers?

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:51:48 -0800

dhoyt - no, it's roy harper

By: solid-one-love

solid-one-love — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 10:05:01 -0800

Ah, pareidolia, my old nemesis.

By: nyxxxx

nyxxxx — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 10:05:32 -0800

Obviously it's Gandalf.

By: XQUZYPHYR

XQUZYPHYR — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 10:06:27 -0800

MetaFilter: What are you, autistic? Cause, you know, if you are, you know, that's cool.

By: signal

signal — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 10:17:34 -0800

Actually, XQUZYPHYR, it is: MetaFilter: *zooms back in**zooms in too far**pulls back**blinks**reads thread again**looks at it yet again**blinks*"I really don't see what you're all going on about."

By: grouse

grouse — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 10:25:19 -0800

Did you discover this yourself PG? Or is it via somewhere else. I have no idea what that is. But if you put a gun to my head and made me guess I'd say it was fake data added by someone in the imagery chain, much as mapmakers sometimes add fake streets to catch those who are copying their maps wholesale. Or you know, maybe the natural landscape just looks that way.

By: caddis

caddis — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 10:34:01 -0800

Oh, good Lord!

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 10:34:24 -0800

I don't think this is fake, just a test of the human brain. and, as SOL and I linked to, pareidolia

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 10:35:44 -0800

I saw it at a closer zoom the other day, and the face leapt right out at me. This was after watching the "banned" Penn & Teller show, so I was primed for seeing things. PG's link was at a zoom level in which I saw nothing whatsoever. And when I do go back to the correctly-zoomed size, I see it less clearly than the other day. Go figure: it's all about state of mind.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 10:35:52 -0800

I got it via a friend.

By: NinjaPirate

NinjaPirate — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 10:37:29 -0800

No, c'mon, it's Roy Wood from Wizzard, isn't it? Beloved of Christmas album compilers everywhere. I always fall in love with the big G's low-orbit shots, so even if it turns out not to be a graven image of a '70s prog rocker, I'm grateful to be shown some other beutiful corner of this fragile Earth of ours... ...*wipes tear* ...*howls* via TheRegister?

By: NinjaPirate

NinjaPirate — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 10:38:17 -0800

On posting: bah, P_G always trumps me with his "I've got friends" excuse.

By: solid-one-love

solid-one-love — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 10:50:19 -0800

and, as SOL and I linked to D'oh. Serves me right for not paying attention. FFF: I watch P&T:B! thanks to BitTorrent. Any idea why they never showed the "Jesus is in my bathroom door" episode?

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 10:51:31 -0800

It makes me a believer.

By: jtron

jtron — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 11:00:14 -0800

Saw this the other day on Google Sightseeing, where you can also see such things as the Oprah Winfrey Corn (?) Maze.

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 11:02:39 -0800

Given that the nearest town is "Santa Isabel," I'd say it's reasonably clear who we might name the features after. Until Goldane Palace buys, it, of course, as others note.

By: carter

carter — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 11:14:45 -0800

Joke. And/or watermark.

By: es_de_bah

es_de_bah — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 11:36:42 -0800

ZachsMind isn't so much autistic as he is face blind.

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 11:39:47 -0800

here is a screenshot of the face. I noticed something about the face, too, so I did some enhancements to bring out the features. I have to say, the eyeglasses were the most unexpected development!

By: PurplePorpoise

PurplePorpoise — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 11:43:53 -0800

Phil Plait (of Bad Astronomy) once had Lenin visit his shower curtains.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 11:59:22 -0800

mwhybark, that looks just like Ed Helms!

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 12:06:29 -0800

Look again! Although the resemblance is there, certainly.

By: lastobelus

lastobelus — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 12:14:19 -0800

I'm a hardcore naturalist by persuasion, but that article on pareidolia is just plain dumb, as many of his articles are. "I don't see any reason to think there is an evolutionary advantage [in pareidolia]" ok...because you're incredibly stupid. That's tantamount to saying you don't see any evolutionary advantage in teeth, they must just be an accident that hasn't ever evolved away.

By: lastobelus

lastobelus — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 12:22:31 -0800

The insistence of people that it MUST be a joke/fraud is interesting. Perhaps it is, but if it so I think it's done by quite a skilled artist, because many of the details are neither anatomically correct nor really the typical visual clichés used to indicate faces: it's only a face in gestalt.

By: joe lisboa

joe lisboa — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 12:40:12 -0800

So you're the omnipotent creator of the Universe, right? And you've got some very important messages to pass on to those apes you molded in your own image on that one redneck planet of yours somewhere in the western arm of the Milky Way. You have every single conceivable (and some equally inconceivable, I suppose) method at your disposal for communicating your Grand Plan to the Citizens of Earth. After innumerable eons of contemplation, you finally hit on the ideal solution, one that will mirror the awesome grandeur of your Being and that of your Creation. A means of communication truly worthy of the name Almighty. The next morning, a maid in New Mexico discovers your son's likeness in a tortilla. You smile to yourself and say, "It is good."

By: 3.2.3

3.2.3 — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 13:31:10 -0800

signal, is it coincidence your link to martian canals contains a reference to arequipa, peru? i think not.

By: commonmedia

commonmedia — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 13:52:01 -0800

it looks like my last girlfriend

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 14:05:58 -0800

... *blinks* ... I still don't see jack shit. You guys are pullin' my leg!

By: crunchland

crunchland — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 14:16:01 -0800

Eyeglasses! Oh, that explains it! It must be a reflection off of the glass window by the photographer in the satellite. Right? I knew there was a logical explanation.

By: birdsquared

birdsquared — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 15:02:07 -0800

If you zoom out to the maximum level, it's clearly not Earth, since there are too many continents... I tried to link to the map zoomed out all the way, but couldn't figure out how

By: NorthernSky

NorthernSky — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 15:11:00 -0800

Further filtered, this might help, ZM:

By: santiagogo

santiagogo — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 15:17:20 -0800

To see real clearcutting... I'd take a scroll over to Brazil and see the Amazon...

By: grouse

grouse — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 15:19:04 -0800

I tried to link to the map zoomed out all the way, but couldn't figure out how. The "Link to this page" link didn't help you?

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 15:36:00 -0800

thanks, grouse. I got dibs on the 3rd antartica!

By: Laotic

Laotic — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 16:44:54 -0800

jtron, thanks for the googlesightseeing link. You gave it unto me only seconds after I thought that just such site would be great.

By: blacklite

blacklite — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 16:52:53 -0800

ZM, you really don't lend yourself any gravitas with your awesome pronunciations in bold!

By: clevershark

clevershark — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 17:12:25 -0800

Even weirder -- San Diego's swastika building. Strange but true... but did no one notice the odd shape of the complex back when they were building it?

By: wsg

wsg — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 17:13:43 -0800

In mwhybark's enhancement, which brings out the eyeglasses. it is clear that the image is of Malcolm X. Do you see it?

By: wendell

wendell — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 17:21:38 -0800

Speaking on behalf of the "Under 1K MeFites Succumbing to Galloping Senility" (U1MSGS, I'm the founder), I hope you will cut ZachsMind some slack. His membership package is enroute.

By: Dunvegan

Dunvegan — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 17:23:15 -0800

The image is 25km directly NW of a city named "Cruce." I.e., "Cross" in English.

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 17:37:17 -0800

no, I'm leaning in the Ed Helms direction, the more I think about it. see?

By: Dunvegan

Dunvegan — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 17:52:00 -0800

I think it just may be the Diety popping in to saying, "Hey! Don't y'all be all cross-cutting my paradisical forestes, fools." ...or something.

By: Dunvegan

Dunvegan — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 17:56:15 -0800

Then again He might also be there to say: "Don't y'all be talking and posting and then not previewing for nutty spelling errors, slackers!"

(Should have been:

...in to say... ...forests... Ack.)

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 18:07:18 -0800

It's just alright with me. Oh yeah.

By: chrismear

chrismear — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 18:12:26 -0800

ZachsMind (and any others): I did a quick image enhancement that might help you see the face. Click to view.

By: Jimbob

Jimbob — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 18:22:31 -0800

This one's got legs.

By: jimfl

jimfl — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 18:35:08 -0800

Whybark, you left off the bicycle helmet.

By: geekyguy

geekyguy — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 18:43:47 -0800

Here it is with GoogleEarth.

By: Dunvegan

Dunvegan — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 18:44:43 -0800

Chrismear...I liked that because I sure loves me some StrongBad. Hmmm...maybe it's an image of the "Burninator"....

By: eriko

eriko — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 18:58:33 -0800

chrismear *wins*.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 19:08:04 -0800

*still looks at it* *blinks* *takes off glasses* *rubs his eyes* *cleans glasses* *puts glasses back on* ... *looks at it again* *blinks* You're all crazy. *returns to Zombo*

By: blacklite

blacklite — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 19:44:09 -0800

I think this thread is just an excuse for ZM to make 600-line comments.

By: blacklite

blacklite — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 19:44:56 -0800

*reads previous comment* *looks at the one above it* *blinks* *cleans someone's glasses* *eats some chips* 600-line comments.

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 00:12:19 -0800

Ah, Jim, I see! A tiny bit of fiddling with the image modulation unit, a bit of kernel enhancement, some reconvolution of the knollistics, and the helmet practically popped off the desert floor!

By: grouse

grouse — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 04:12:27 -0800

mwhybark wins.

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 05:56:39 -0800

jimbob, I think your link's more impressive. unfortunately, I'm much more skeptical of that one.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 07:40:26 -0800

Karl Marx? SoL: turns out someone didn't sign a release waiver, so the show couldn't be shown as scheduled. It'll run in August instead. My bet is that the sick sad case of 'Little Audrey' is the one that wasn't cleared.

By: erratic frog

erratic frog — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 07:44:46 -0800

That's not Jesus Christ, that's Me. Sleeping. Feh.

By: aqueousdan

aqueousdan — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:19:49 -0800

Did anyone else get scared incase there was a very small chance that google had made one of those scary flash sites that suddenly changes into a monstrous face and a loud scream comes out of your speakers and makes you mess you pants? Just me then.