It seems the universe is constantly making fun at our expense. One of the ways it does that is by trying to disorientate us. Whether it’s a rock that looks exactly like a human heart or a cloud formation that disguised itself as a floating ocean, optical illusions are all around us.

The technical term for this “flaw” in our sensory system is pareidolia, which means the tendency for perception to impose a meaningful interpretation on a nebulous stimulus, usually visual, so that one sees an object, pattern, or meaning where there is none.

While many of these moments come and go, as Bored Panda showed in our previous publications here and here, some people manage to take a picture of whatever it is that’s tricking their brains. Continue scrolling to check out the latest examples of pareidolia that we found!

#1 Incredible Cloud Formation That Appeared To Look Like An Ocean In The Sky

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#2 I Snapped A Photo Of My Dog Through A Window Screen That Looks Like An Old Painting

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#3 The Way My Windscreen Froze

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#4 The Wear And Scuff Marks On This Boat Look Like An Island In The Sea

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#5 Lace Bug (Stephanitis Typicus) Looks Like Stained Glass

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#6 Dust From A Ramp On My Suede Rollerskates Looks Like An X-Ray Of My Feet

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#7 Glasslands. Chinese Rice Fields From Above Takes Form Of Stained Glass. One Giant Artistic Puzzle

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#8 Wife Took This Photo, She Pointed Out That The Base Of The Antlers Looks Like Cat Paws. Can’t Unsee

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#9 My Friend Found A Tree Within A Tree

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#10 The Area I Used To Work In Washington Looks Like Jurassic Park

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#11 I Found Dust In My Wine Glass When I Set It Down Next To My Lamp. It Looks Like A Galaxy

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#12 My Painter Dad Making The Soup Looking Like Edvard Munch’s “The Scream”

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#13 The Way The Light Hits This Spiderweb Makes It Look Like A CD-ROM

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#14 Tea Tree Oil Looks Like A Tree

This is at the end of lake Cakora in brooms head. It happened after the storm at the beach side of the lake broke out. It drained most of the water. As it drains out a connecting lake with tea trees on the banks, the high tides push the tea tree oily water back up the lake to create these stunning natural masterpieces.

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#15 Was At The Beach And Found A Shell With Barnacles On It That Make It Look Like An Anatomically Correct Heart

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#16 Found A Piece Of Rock That Looks Like A Steak

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#17 When You Try To Make Peppermint Swirl Soap And It Comes Out Looking Like Raw Meat

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#18 Rainbow In Front Of My House Looks Like Another Planet

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#19 This Cluster Of Golden Oyster Mushrooms Looks Like Covid-19

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#20 This Stick I Found Looks Like A Burning Torch, Flame Included

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#21 The Post Paint Chipped Into The Map

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#22 Someone Bumped Into A Wall At Work And Made A Painting Of A Snowy Town

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#23 Splitting Firewood And Found A Piece Resembling The Sky In “The Starry Night”

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#24 The Way This Ice Has Formed Looks Like A Tiny Forest

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#25 The Melting Snow On This Chair Looks Like A Tree

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#26 The Way The Mud Froze On My Truck Looks Like A Painting Of The Forrest

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#27 This Cicada I Found Looks Like It Has The McDonald’s Logo On Its Head

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#28 The Clear Ice In My Absinthe Looks Like A Chunk Was Cut Out Of It

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#29 The Pizza Saver On My Pizza Makes The Photo Look Like A Video With A Play Button

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#30 This Ice Patch I Found That Looks Like A Feather

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#31 This Geode Looks Like An Ocean Waves On The Beach

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#32 The Top Of My Car Covered In Morning Rain Looks Like A Field Of Sunset Jewels

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#33 This Tree Looks Like Broccoli

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#34 My Pizza Stone Looks Like A Moon

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#35 The Feet On This Bench At My Gym Look A Lot Like An Impaled iPhone

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#36 The Way This Tree Stump Has A Cityscape On It

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#37 The Most Beautiful Ice Cave I’ve Ever Explored In Iceland. It Looks Like A Massive Frozen Wave

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#38 I Put Another Type Of Shower Gel On Top Of The Old One Without Stirring, And After A Few Pumps They Start “Raining” Down. Looks Like Melted Wax

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#39 Upside Down, The Bulls Logo Looks Like A Robot Making Love To A Crab

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#40 Found A Patch Of Moss Behind A Loading Dock That Looks Like A Tiny Tropical Island With A Palm Tree

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#41 My Coffee Looks Like Jupiter

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#42 My Girlfriend Found This Rock That Looks Like A Moustache

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#43 My Cauliflower Looks Like An Atomic Mushroom Cloud

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#44 A Vine Grew Around This Little Tree And The Tree Absorbed It, Making It Look Like A Snake Had Woven Itself Around The Tree

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#45 Proud Daddy With His New Litter

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#46 Ladies And Gentlemen, I Present To You – Pizza Rock

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#47 I Met A Chunk Of Snow That Looks Like A Boot

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#48 Wood Splinters That Look Like A City

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#49 This Landscape Looks Like Someone Just Dropped A Green Quilted Blanket On The Earth

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#50 Apartment Hallway In Dallas, TX Looks Like A Scene From The Titanic

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#51 Tottenham Hotspur’s Football Stadium Looks Like A Flying Saucer From A Distance

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#52 My Cat Fell Asleep Looking Like He’s Standing Up

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#53 Saw The Sunrise In This Parking Garage And It Almost Looks Like A Mural. San Antonio, TX

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#54 The Sediment From This Chemical Reaction Looks Like A Marshy Forest

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#55 The Gap Between My Window And Shades Made The Perfect Glowing Little Number 1

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#56 My Daughter. Dad, It Looks Like A Giant Piece Of Pizza. I’ll Be The Round Pepperoni

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#57 My Coworker’s Phone Cord Made A Treble Clef

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#58 A Suspicious-Looking Cloud

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#59 Happy Cat Mama

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#60 Bert? Is That You?

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#61 My Sliced Bacon Looks Pixelated

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#62 My Thick Glasses Lenses Look Like Ice Cubes

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#63 My New Monstera Leaf Looks Like A Thumbs Up

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#64 Glass Mark Looks Like A Bike

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#65 View From The Cafe I Was In Almost Looks Like A Picture Hanging On The Wall

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#66 The Crack On My Wife’s Windshield Looks Like An Airplane From The Front

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#67 Used Match Looks Exactly Like A Mic Stand

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#68 This Concrete Post At Our Playground Looks Like A Moon

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#69 My Girlfriend’s Scrubber Looks Like It’s Trying To Impersonate My Bluetooth Speaker

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#70 Volcanic Explosion On The Lid

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#71 Abandoned Grain Elevator, Adrian, TX. Looks Like A Giant USB Stick

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#72 If You Can See The Beach, Ocean, Sky, Rocks And Stars, Then You Are An Artist, But It’s Not A Painting. It’s Lower Part Of The Car Gate Which Needs To Be Repaired

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#73 Found A Treble Clef In My Arby’s Curly Fries Once

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#74 Someone Told Me My Workshop Materials Cart Looks Like Manhattan

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#75 I Found A Puffball Mushroom That Resembles The Moon

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#76 The Wall On The Bridge Looks Like Its Own Mini Landscape

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#77 One Of The Eggs I Poached This Morning Came Out Looking Like A Human Heart

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#78 Pan Fried Brussel Sprout Looks Like A Tunnel

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#79 This Rock I Found Looks Like A Speech Bubble

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#80 Toasting Some Sesame Seeds And When I Stopped Swirling The Pan And Pac-Man Appeared

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#81 My Banana Has A Bruise That Looks Like A Musical Note

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#82 My Bruise Kinda Looks Like A Nebula In Space

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#83 This Window Inside The Fairmont Lake Louise Looks Like A Painting

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#84 Capturing Fireworks With A Fast Exposure Makes Them Look Like A Space Nebula

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#85 Clouds Looked Like A Map Of The World

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#86 Mountains Look Like Waves In The Middle Of The Ocean

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#87 The Roof Turned Into A Keyboard

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#88 This Piece Of Metal At My Barn That Rusted Into A Nuclear Detonation

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#89 The End Of This Banana Looks Like A Burnt Match

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#90 The View From This Ballroom Looks Like An AT-AT Construction Site

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#91 The Branch On Top Of This Pine Tree In Sydney Looks Like A Perfect Star

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#92 The View Out Of Our Door Looks Like A Painting

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#93 Sand Dune Looks Like A Ski Area Out In Utah

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#94 After Cutting A Stick Of Butter, The Residue Looks Like A Winter Nature Scene, Stream And All

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#95 Ripped Tights Looking Like A City Skyline

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#96 This Spider’s Abdomen Looks Like An M&M

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#97 Looks Like The Truck Is Carrying The KFC

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#98 The Cracks On This Screen Protector Look Like A Valley

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#99 I Thought This Agate Looked Like A Separate Landscape

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#100 Bubbles In My Bath Look Like An Icy River

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#101 Crystal My Brother Found That Kinda Looks Like A Bean Burrito

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#102 This Kitchen Counter Along With An Empty Drinking Glass Sort Of Looks Like A Death Star In Space

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#103 This Car Protection Film Now Looks Like A Densely Populated City Map

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#104 Wilted Flower Looks Like The Eggplant Emoji

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#105 Moldy Orange That Looks Like A Planet

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#106 Rock That Looks Like A Smartphone

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#107 We Found A Pill Bug That Looks Like An Actual Pill Capsule

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#108 Forgot About A Can Of Wolf-Brand Chili In The Back Of Fridge And The Mold Growing Looks Like Wolf Hair

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#109 This Sun Reflection Through My Window Is Shaped Like A Sword

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#110 My Wineglass Broke In The Shape Of Australia

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#111 The Shower Glass In My Hotel Room Looks Like The Matrix

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#112 Found This Interesting Bug That Looks Like Moss

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#113 This Tree Looks Like It’s Covered In Skin

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#114 These Chocolate Chip Cookies Look Like Scoops Of Ice Cream

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#115 The Way This Broken Metal Latch Rusted Makes It Look Like Wood On The Inside

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#116 My Steak Looks Like America

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#117 The Sun Reflecting On My Drying Dishes Looks Like Saturn

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#118 Fermentation In The Beer Well Looks Like A Brain

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#119 These Tree Branches That Look Like A Spiderweb

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#120 This Old Brick At My House Looks Like A Youtube Play Button

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#121 My Stepdad Grows His Own Vegetables, And A Cucumber Grew In A Question Mark Shape

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#122 Molten Sugar From The Domino’s Sugar Storage Fire Looks Like A Lava Flow

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#123 Shadows Of A Spiral Ring Binding Look Like Seismograph Registers

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#124 This Propane Tank Where I Work Was Just Painted To Look Like A Watermelon

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#125 I Found A Stone At The Beach That Looks Like A Loaf Of Bread

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#126 The Snow On My Mom’s Lawn Looks Like Florida

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#127 Dried Watermelon Looks Like Pizza

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#128 This Flower I Found Looks Like A Galaxy

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#129 My Beer Bubbles Look Like The U.S.

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#130 Birds Outside Were Drying Themselves And Ended Up Looking Like Arrows

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#131 This Pumpkin Looks Like A Mushroom

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