Pareidolia :-) Big Smiles Every One Mystery Cache
Pareidolia :-) Big Smiles Every One
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FINAL LOCATED AT N44°AB.CDE W88°FG.HIJ
The term pareidolia describes a
psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random stimulus
(often an image or sound) being perceived as significant. Common
examples include seeing images of animals or faces in clouds, the
man in the moon, and hearing hidden messages on records played in
reverse. The word comes from the Greek para- —"beside",
"with" or "alongside"- meaning, in this context, something faulty
or wrong (as in paraphasia, disordered speech)—and
eidolon—"image" (the diminutive of eidos—"image",
"form", "shape"). Pareidolia is a type of apophenia. -
wikipedia
As I was looking around for smileys, I came across some of the
biggest ones you will ever see. Maybe you can find them too and
have as much fun as I did looking.
A. This Big Smiley was acquired on January HI of last year and has a resolution of
D meters per pixel. The average
distance from one side of this smiley to the other is about
G km across.
B. This Big Smiley is a compilation of E camera passes over it and is much larger
than A, in that it is FAB or
FGC km across. Now that's one big
smiley!
C. This Big Smiley appeared one month ago to the day. It was best
viewed in Australia, but could be seen from the Americas. However,
if any of us had the opportunity to see this smiley, we would have
witnessed a Big Frowny instead, being on the opposite side of the
equator. According to Australian newspapers, the best time to have
seen this one was about FC and
GC minutes after sunset. In this
smiley, Jupiter is J40 million
miles away.
Have a Happy Day!
CORRECTION: AB was supposed to be HI,
sorry.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
gur byq zna jbhyq fnl guvf vf n pynffvp f|f uvqr