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  2. Archimedean point - Wikipedia

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    An Archimedean point ( Latin: Punctum Archimedis) is a hypothetical viewpoint from which certain objective truths can perfectly be perceived (also known as a God's-eye view) or a reliable starting point from which one may reason.

  3. Bird's-eye view - Wikipedia

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    A bird's-eye view is an elevated view of an object or location from a very steep viewing angle, creating a perspective as if the observer were a ‎bird in flight looking downward. Bird's-eye views can be an aerial photograph, but also a drawing, and are often used in the making of blueprints, floor plans and maps. [1]

  4. On Vision and Colours - Wikipedia

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    A dazzled eye sees red when looking at brightness and green when looking into darkness. The retina's activity is forcefully divided by the powerful stimulation. When the eye strains to see in dim light, the retina is voluntarily activated and intensively divided.

  5. Aerial perspective (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Aerial perspective (disambiguation) Aerial perspective or atmospheric perspective refers to the effect on the appearance of an object by the atmosphere between it and a viewer. Aerial perspective may also refer to: aerial photography. aerial landscape art. bird's-eye view, elevated view of an object from above. top-down perspective. Categories:

  6. View of Venice - Wikipedia

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    View of Venice, also known as the de' Barbari Map, is a monumental woodcut print showing a bird's-eye view of the city of Venice from the southwest. It bears the title and date "VENETIE MD" ("Venice 1500").

  7. Optics and vision - Wikipedia

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    Vision of humans and other organisms depends on several organs such as the lens of the eye, and any vision correcting devices, which use optics to focus the image. The eyes of many animals contains a lens that focuses the light of its surroundings onto the retina of the eye.

  8. Worm's-eye view - Wikipedia

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    A worm's-eye view is a description of the view of a scene from below that a worm might have if it could see. It is the opposite of a bird's-eye view. It can give the impression that an object is tall and strong while the viewer is childlike or powerless.

  9. File:Bird's eye view of the city of San José, Cal. LOC ...

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    File:Bird's eye view of the city of San José, Cal. LOC 75693107.jpg. Size of this preview: 800 × 543 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 217 pixels | 640 × 434 pixels | 1,024 × 695 pixels | 1,280 × 868 pixels | 2,560 × 1,737 pixels | 9,008 × 6,112 pixels. Original file ‎ (9,008 × 6,112 pixels, file size: 9.61 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg ...

  10. Monocular vision - Wikipedia

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    Monocular vision is vision using only one eye. It is seen in two distinct categories: either a species moves its eyes independently, or a species typically uses two eyes for vision, but is unable to use one due to circumstances such as injury.

  11. Binocular disparity - Wikipedia

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    Binocular disparity refers to the difference in image location of an object seen by the left and right eyes, resulting from the eyes' horizontal separation ( parallax ). The mind uses binocular disparity to extract depth information from the two-dimensional retinal images in stereopsis.