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Face of [Insert Your Own Messiah] Found in [Insert Your Own Natural Phenomenon]

Posted by Alex Turnbull, Monday, 30th April 2007

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Free UK daily paper The Metro published an article last week about a YouTube video1 in which someone claimed to have found the shape of Jesus in a cloud, floating over Mount Sinai in Egypt.

We thought this was such a blatant (and totally lame) rip-off of our own Face of Jesus Found in Sand Dune that we’d better up the ante!2

First in Utah, we find a terrifying looking skull facechoosemessiah1.jpg

Then in Nevada, we’ve got a Blues Brothers style one-eyed alienchoosemessiah2.jpg

And finally in Kenya we’ve got… the Rock Eater Biter from the NeverEnding Story!

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How long before the Metro steals this story I wonder?

See our other related posts for even more Google Earth Pareidolia:

Thanks to Jayden Brown, Vaughn Nelson and cruzito.


  1. Unfortunately The Metro decided not to bother linking to the actual video or the Google Map, so I’ve yet to locate either! 

  2. Funnily enough, the list of related stories on that Metro article features three of our stories! (1, 2, 3

10 Responses to 'Face of [Insert Your Own Messiah] Found in [Insert Your Own Natural Phenomenon]'

  1. Studley says:

    It was reported elsewhere last week too. The YouTube video appears to have been taken down, but we do now have some map links:

    Google Maps link

    Google Earth link

  2. James says:

    That cloud is lame, it looks like a… cloud.

    However thar picture of the Schwarzenegger Rock face is brilliant!

  3. Alex says:

    I’ve updated the post because, as James rightly pointed out to me, the Metro did indeed credit us on two of those stories (although I’m still bitter that the print article about the TS didn’t mention us!).

    Also, they described us as “the excellent Google Sightseeing website”, which was really quite nice of them :)

  4. Cyre says:

    That should be Rock BITER, not Rock Eater from the Neverending Story.

  5. Ravshan says:

    There is one more face in Indonesia, as soon as i’ll find it, i’ll submit.

  6. Tim says:

    Oh, c’mon, the second one is definitely a profile of one of the apes from Planet of the Apes. It’s got a helmet and everything.

  7. Alex says:

    Dammit! Thanks Cyre, post updated.

  8. Rollo says:

    Well, I can’t see it. I would also like to direct people to this

  9. Russell says:

    Been there. We used to go out here and have bonfires in college. It’s mostly bird-refuge type area near some farms and open land.

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