WEBVTT 00:20.420 --> 00:27.360 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20% OUR MOON HAS A FACE -- TO US HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. 00:27.460 --> 00:32.966 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% TO EAST ASIAN CULTURES THE MOON HAS A RABBIT OR TOAD ON IT, HAWAIIANS SEE A TREE, AND IN 00:33.066 --> 00:35.535 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% INDIA THEY SEE TWO HANDS. 00:35.635 --> 00:40.173 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% WE HUMANS ALL LOOK UP AT THE SAME MOON, BUT WE DON T ALL SEE IT THE SAME WAY. 00:40.273 --> 00:45.011 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% THE RABBIT OR TOAD IN THE MOON COMES FROM THE ANCIENT STORY OF CHANG E, A YOUNG WOMAN 00:45.111 --> 00:48.314 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20% WHO STOLE AN ELIXIR OF IMMORTALITY AND SWALLOWED IT. 00:48.415 --> 00:52.052 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20% IN HER ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE SHE JUMPED AND FLOATED TO THE MOON. 00:52.152 --> 00:56.556 align:left position:65% line:83% size:25% SHE MAY HAVE TRANSFORMED INTO A TOAD AS PUNISHMENT, OR A RABBIT TO INDICATE HER BEAUTY, 00:56.656 --> 01:01.261 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% BUT EITHER WAY THE ANIMAL IS WORKING A MORTER AND PESTLE TO MAKE MORE ELIXIR. 01:01.361 --> 01:07.167 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% THE POLYNESIAN STORY COMES FROM A GODDESS NAMED HINA WHO MAKES CLOTH FOR THE GODS FROM 01:07.267 --> 01:08.835 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% THE BANYAN TREE. 01:08.935 --> 01:12.505 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% IN THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE THE WORD FOR MOON IS MAHINA -- BASED ON HER NAME. 01:12.605 --> 01:17.043 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% SHE MOVED TO THE MOON BECAUSE IT WAS SO NICE THERE -- AND SITS IN THE SPACE UNDER THE BANYAN 01:17.143 --> 01:18.044 align:left position:42.5% line:89% size:47.5% TREE. 01:18.144 --> 01:19.145 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% BUT THAT S NOT ALL 01:19.245 --> 01:21.614 align:left position:72.5% line:89% size:17.5% IN INDIA A MYTHOLOGY DESCRIBES TWO HANDPRINTS. 01:21.714 --> 01:25.418 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% THESE PRINTS WERE LEFT, ACCORDING TO LEGEND, BY ASTANGI MATA THE MOTHER OF ALL THAT 01:25.518 --> 01:27.120 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% LIVED AND GREW ON THE EARTH. 01:27.220 --> 01:30.256 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% SHE WANTED TO GIVE A GIFT TO HER CHILDREN CHANDA AND SURAJ. 01:30.356 --> 01:33.626 align:left position:75% line:89% size:15% SURAJ BECAME THE SUN, AND CHANDRA, THE MOON. 01:33.726 --> 01:38.465 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% AS MATA REACHED OUT TO TOUCH CHANDRA S FACE ONE LAST TIME, SHE AND LEFT TWO HANDPRINTS 01:38.565 --> 01:40.100 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% ON THE MOON. 01:40.200 --> 01:44.971 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% THE OTHER MAN IN THE MOON ISN T A FACE LIKE IN THE U.S., INSTEAD IT S A . 01:45.071 --> 01:50.243 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% MAN, HOLDING A BUNDLE OF STICKS AND THIS SHAPE PREDATES THE DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD, THE 01:50.343 --> 01:54.414 align:left position:67.5% line:83% size:22.5% OLD MAN IS REFERENCED IN THE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE AND CHAUCER IN ENGLAND, AS WELL AS IN GERMANY 01:54.514 --> 01:56.216 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% AND ELSEWHERE. 01:56.316 --> 02:00.653 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% ALLEGEDLY, HE VIOLATED THE SABBATH AND WAS DOOMED TO SPEND ETERNITY ON THE MOON AS A 02:00.753 --> 02:02.655 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% REMINDER TO OTHERS. 02:02.755 --> 02:06.759 align:left position:67.5% line:83% size:22.5% THE GREAT THING IS, WHEN YOU HEAD TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, THE ORIENTATION OF THE MOON APPEARS 02:06.860 --> 02:08.328 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% TO FLIP! 02:08.428 --> 02:11.865 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% THE MOON LOOKS DIFFERENT WHICH MEANS WE GET A WHOLE NEW SET OF MYTHS! 02:11.965 --> 02:16.703 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% FOR EXAMPLE, THE MAORI OF NEW ZEALAND HAD A LEGEND WHERE A WOMAN, RONA FOUGHT WITH HER 02:16.803 --> 02:20.206 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HUSBAND AND THE MOON OVERHEARD. 02:20.306 --> 02:23.610 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% WHEN RONA TRIPS IN THE DARK, SHE CURSES THE MOON OVER AND OVER. 02:23.710 --> 02:27.814 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% AS PUNISHMENT THE MOON PULLS HER INTO THE SKY TO LIVE WITH HIM -- SHE TRIES TO STOP 02:27.914 --> 02:31.151 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% HIM BY GRABBING A TREE, AND BOTH END UP IN THE SKY. 02:31.251 --> 02:34.954 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% EVENTUALLY, RONA REALIZES HER MISTAKES AND SHE AND THE MOON FALL IN LOVE. 02:35.054 --> 02:38.224 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% THE MOON GIVES HER THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THE TIDES! 02:38.324 --> 02:42.262 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% I LOVE THESE MYTHS BECAUSE IT HELPS US BETTER UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER -- FOR EXAMPLE, THE 02:42.362 --> 02:47.100 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% INDIAN SPACE AGENCY NAMED THEIR LUNAR LANDING MISSION -- CHANDRAYAAN, AND THE CHINESE NAMED 02:47.200 --> 02:50.403 align:left position:75% line:89% size:15% THEIRS CHANG E -- BOTH BASED ON THESE MYTHS. 02:50.503 --> 02:54.607 align:left position:80% line:83% size:10% THE BRAIN S TENDENCY TO SEE SHAPES THAT AREN T ACTUALLY THERE IS CALLED PAREIDOLIA. 02:54.707 --> 02:58.611 align:left position:72.5% line:83% size:17.5% HUMAN BRAINS WANT TO MAKE SHAPES AND PATTERNS THAT FIT WITH OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD. 02:58.711 --> 03:03.550 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% IT S WHY WE THINK CLOUDS LOOK LIKE ANIMALS, WHY CARS LOOK LIKE THEY RE SMILING, AND 03:03.650 --> 03:06.886 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% WHY WE MAKE SHAPES IN THE STARS, OR ON THE MOON. 03:06.986 --> 03:10.557 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% OUR BRAINS ARE FILLING-IN THE GAPS WITH OUR OWN ASSUMPTIONS AND EXPERIENCES, CREATING 03:10.657 --> 03:15.428 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% A STORY WHERE OBJECTIVELY THERE ARE SIMPLY RANDOM CRATER IMPACTS, AND COLORED PATCHES 03:15.528 --> 03:17.263 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% OF LUNAR SOIL. 03:17.363 --> 03:20.800 align:left position:77.5% line:83% size:12.5% NEXT TIME YOU RE LOOKING AT LUNA, TRY AND SPOT THE RABBIT, THE WOMAN, THE TWO MEN, THE 03:20.900 --> 03:22.969 align:left position:75% line:83% size:15% TWO HANDS, THE TREE, AND -- OF COURSE -- THE FACE. 03:23.069 --> 03:25.171 align:left position:82.5% line:83% size:7.5% ONE PERSON S MAN, IS ANOTHER PERSON S TREE. 03:25.271 --> 03:28.741 align:left position:82.5% line:83% size:7.5% I M TRACE AND I M GOING TO GO TO POINT MY FACE AT THE SKY TO TRY AND SEE EVEN MORE 03:28.841 --> 03:32.841 align:left position:80% line:83% size:10% SHAPES -- I HOPE YOU LL JOIN ME AND KEEP LOOKIN UP!