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Pareidolia Little Finland Gold Butte National Monument Nevada

Little Finland – Americana Collection

Do you see one or more faces in this section of weathered Aztec Sandstone within the Gold Butte National Monument1 site known as Little Finland. If so, you may be a neurotic with Pareidolia, the phenomenon of seeing patterns in a random object or faces in weird places.

"While pareidolia was at one time thought to be related to psychosis, it’s now generally recognized as a perfectly healthy tendency. Some anthropologists have even suggested it may have played a role in helping people in ancient societies make sense of the chaos of the world."2

OK, now do you see one or more faces?


camera: DJI Mavic Pro lens: 4.7mm | video frame capture


1https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/nevada/gold-butte
2https://www.huffpost.com/entry/seeing-faces-in-inanimate-objects_n_55ad30a7e4b065dfe89edec9

Little Finland Gold Butte National Monument Nevada

Little Finland – Americana Collection

Looking down at weathered Aztec Sandstone presents plateaus and gullies, pillars and arches within the Gold Butte National Monument site known as Little Finland. Gold Butte National Monument was established by Presidential Proclamation, December 28, 2016.


camera: DJI Mavic Pro lens: 4.7mm | exposure: f/2.2 | 1/3030th | iso 100


reference: https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/nevada/gold-butte

Little Finland Gold Butte National Monument Nevada

Little Finland – Americana Collection

Jagged rocks and weathered Aztec Sandstone are characteristic of Little Finland a destination within the Gold Butte National Monument established by Presidential Proclamation, December 28, 2016. "Gold Butte National Monument covers nearly 300,000 acres of remote and rugged desert landscape in southeastern Nevada, where dramatically chiseled red sandstone, twisting canyons, and tree-clad mountains punctuate desolate stretches of the Mojave Desert."


camera: DJI Mavic Pro | lens: 4.7mm | video frame capture


source: https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/nevada/gold-butte