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