Daffeidolia
She’s been seen in floor tiles, brain scans, and toast, but this is the first time I’ve seen the Virgin Mary under a microscope. Here she is at 100x magnification, in the stem of a daffodil:
Is that the baby Jesus in her arms? Click to embiggen.
I was quite surprised to see her jump out at me. After all, I had picked this daffodil completely at random from hundreds of others in a patch, and sliced off a piece of stem just a few millimetres wide, yet there she was! Of course, if it’s not a miracle, it’s a pretty good demonstration of pareidolia, which is basically what they call it when you see clouds that look like things. Hey, that Jesus Christ pita bread is currently bid on at auction for $215… maybe I should hold on to this slide 