World of the Bizarre

Giant creepy 'alien' face discovered in Antarctica on Google Earth

By T.K. Randall
February 2, 2025

Image: Antarctica - Petermann Island
Credit: W. Bulach / CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted) From the entrance of a secret base to the silhouette of a giant sea monster - amateur Google Earth sleuths have found all sorts of strange and unusual features in some of the world's remotest places.

This latest example, which was recently discovered and posted up on Reddit, shows a bizarre alien-like face complete with a large nose, two closed eyes and a small, slit-like mouth.

You can find it for yourself on Google Maps at 72°00'36.0"S 168°34'40.0"E.Of course this isn't actually a face but an example of pareidolia - the brain's innate tendency to perceive meaningful shapes in otherwise abstract patterns.

It's the same phenomenon that enables us to see familiar shapes in clouds and it is also responsible for the discovery of various weird and wacky anomalies on the surface of Mars.

The Antarctic face is certainly not the first such example and no doubt it won't be the last.

Is it just me, or does the giant face in Antarctica at these coordinates (72°00'36.4"S, 168°34'41.9"E) look like Steiner's version of Ahriman? pic.twitter.com/JRn3z040pe

- Open Minded Approach (@OMApproach) August 25, 2024

Source: Mail Online

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