Backward Brain?
Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:36 pm
Whenever I first look at a high quality photo of a cratered surface, or actually any photo of a surface with high relief and a low angle for the illumination (such as http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020627.html), my brain initially processes the image in reverse. That means that craters look like hills and canyons look like ridges. I have to force my brain to see it in the proper light. I mean that literally because to see the image properly I have to convince my brain that the illumination for the image is coming from the opposite direction.
As an example, I see a steep- sided, flat- topped hill being lit from the left side of the image. I have to force my brain to see it as being lit from the right revealing a crater.
Is this common? Do I have brain damage? Maybe I need a frontal lobotomy. Or is it, a bottle in front of me? (Sorry, Groucho)
Regards,
Devon
As an example, I see a steep- sided, flat- topped hill being lit from the left side of the image. I have to force my brain to see it as being lit from the right revealing a crater.
Is this common? Do I have brain damage? Maybe I need a frontal lobotomy. Or is it, a bottle in front of me? (Sorry, Groucho)
Regards,
Devon