See the Sleeping Giants on the UNESCO world heritage wonder Table Mountain

The Sleeping Giants on Table Mountain are pareidolia (optical illusion) images and quite a few, as shown below, are on the East side

This mountain looks like a giant face profile.
Devil's Peak.

This image has an illustrated eye added to help the viewer "see" the pareidolia image.
Devil's Peak - with an added illustrated eye to help you "see" the devil pareidolia image.

The same picture as above flipped to vertical. Ah!

Click - African shadow face appears on the mystical east side of Table Mountain, South Africa by Martin Lovis..mp4 from Martin Lovis on Vimeo.

Time Lapse Video. Play Time: 20 seconds. File Size: 21.3MB.

The African "dawn" human shadow face profile that appears, just after dawn, around the Autumn equinox on the east side of the Table Mountain range in Cape Town South Africa, photo by Martin Lovis, 2020
The African 'dawn' shadow face appearance.

Fernwood and Protea buttresses in full sun showing their craggy outcrops, undulating sedimentary layers and patches of pale green foliage partly covering the rock face.

This picture is the same as the picture above but with a pale green graphic overlay showing the position of a huge face made out of shapes and colouration shades that already exist on the flat "Sleeping Giant" face of Fernwood buttress.
A Sleeping Giant face with identifying yellow overlay.

A close up image of the Fernwood sleeping giant image appearing to be being kissed by the African shadow face.
The African 'dawn' shadow face appears to be "kissing" the Fernwood buttress Sleeping Giant.

Panoramic view on bright sunny day showing the east side of Table Mountain in the distance under pale blue sky and the evergreen Newlands forest at the mountain base.
Wide view of the East (Fernwood) side of Table Mountain

Panoramic view on bright sunny day showing the east side of Table Mountain in the distance under pale blue sky and the evergreen Newlands forest at the mountain base.
Sleeping Giant body shape (at right of picture) lying against the mountain side - identified by yellow overlay.

Erica and Els buttresses appear almost to be laying back basking in warm yellow morning sun with evergreen Newlands forest rising up from the valley below the mountain.

This picture is the same as the one above but with a pale green graphic overlay showing the position of a "Sleeping Giant" with a wart on his nose and a hand resting on a big belly made out of rock shapes and colouration shades that already exist on the sloping ridge of Els.
Sleeping Giant identified by yellow overlay.

Close up view in bright sun under pale blue sky showing a number of big graggy grey boulders with green grass like vegetation growing on and around them on the Window buttress, Table Mountain, east side.

This picture is the same as the picture above but with a red outline graphic overlay showing the position of a huge face and head made out of the boulder shapes and colouration shades that already exist on the Window buttress.
Sleeping Giant face profile outlined in red.

The Window buttress at sundown showing the buttress as a black silhoutte against a pale purple blue sky with high wispy cirrus clouds coloured orangy yellow from the light of the sun setting behind the buttress.

Same picture to the one above but with a red outline graphic overlay showing the outline profile of a huge Sleeping Giant face made out of the countours of the boulder shapes that already exist on the top ridge of the Window buttress.

Same picture to the above except its been turned from horizontal to vertical which makes the Sleeping Giant easier to see for some viewers.
The same picture as above but flipped vertically.

solid black silhouette of buttress horizon against sunsetting behind mountain ridge showin in sharp detail profile ofgiant face and a Cockerel with 4 small chicks following.
The Sleeping Giant profile face on the Window buttress horizon with the Cockerel and Chicks
shown in silhouette above the v shape indent fissure on the right.

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