by Jouni » Sun Nov 29, 2015 7:32 pm
Thanks for explaining, Chris. I tried to study it in more detail, now, based on your comment. Could you please still confirm or dismiss the following:
Reasons to get the illusion of tree-like fringes seems to consist of at least two factors:
a. - from this photo's direction of sight, one is mislead to conceive that there would be a "bottom" side (like a straight line or a horizontal seam of soil, on the base of each group of trees), and a "top" side, where the variably long "tops" of trees transverse several different terrain zones of the backgound.
b. - From the curved contours, one is mislead to conceive that the terrain is seen in an oblique angle (e.g. 45 grades), therefore we conceive them as vertical objects.
As to (a), is it so that the "bottom" seams of each little "row of trees" is actually the sharp top of a long ridge, and the dark landslides run in this photo "upwards"?
As to (b), is it so that the photo is actually taken (nearly) directly from above? I.e. towards the center of the planet?
Am I on the right track of thought?
Anyway, a 3D model of the same terrain, some day/year in the future, might be interesting for the readers.
Exact anatomy of the starting points of the landslides might also be interesting.
Thanks, best wishes
Jouni
Thanks for explaining, Chris. I tried to study it in more detail, now, based on your comment. Could you please still confirm or dismiss the following:
Reasons to get the illusion of tree-like fringes seems to consist of at least two factors:
a. - from this photo's direction of sight, one is mislead to conceive that there would be a "bottom" side (like a straight line or a horizontal seam of soil, on the base of each group of trees), and a "top" side, where the variably long "tops" of trees transverse several different terrain zones of the backgound.
b. - From the curved contours, one is mislead to conceive that the terrain is seen in an oblique angle (e.g. 45 grades), therefore we conceive them as vertical objects.
As to (a), is it so that the "bottom" seams of each little "row of trees" is actually the sharp top of a long ridge, and the dark landslides run in this photo "upwards"?
As to (b), is it so that the photo is actually taken (nearly) directly from above? I.e. towards the center of the planet?
Am I on the right track of thought?
Anyway, a 3D model of the same terrain, some day/year in the future, might be interesting for the readers.
Exact anatomy of the starting points of the landslides might also be interesting.
Thanks, best wishes
Jouni