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It has always struck me that in pictures of the moon's surface, what are supposed to be depressions usually look like bumps instead. I'm not referring to the p
by denton-scratch 5y ago
It has always struck me that in pictures of the moon's surface, what are supposed to be depressions usually look like bumps instead.
I'm not referring to the photo at the top of the article; that definitely looks like a hole. But the next one down, under "Observational Evidence", is an example. I find it very difficult to adjust my gaze so they look like pits rather than bumps.
I watched the Apollo moon-landing on TV as a kid; even when they were flying in, a few hundred feet over the surface, I couldn't make the craters look like craters, even though I knew they were craters. It feels like I have some kind of cognitive deficiency.
- orbital-decay 5y agoIt's not just you. Terrain reversal is also a problem in cartography; that's why hillshades are usually lit from the NW direction. (although there are other solutions to this issue)
- ncmncm 5y agoIt takes practice, but it can be overcome. With enough practice, you can flip them convex and concave and back, at will. In the meantime, flipping the image over, top to bottom, often helps.