camera obscura
noun
cam·era ob·scu·ra
ˈkam-rə-əb-ˈskyu̇r-ə 
ˈka-mə-rə-
: a darkened enclosure having an aperture usually provided with a lens through which light from external objects enters to form an image of the objects on the opposite surface
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That’s when one of those 2-foot tall numbers come off the board, creating a bizarre camera obscura to a range of possibilities.
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Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 14 Apr. 2024
That means that Kepler's famed schematic drawing diagrammed in his book conflicts with both camera obscura images and the astronomer's original text.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 July 2024
The earliest datable sunspot drawings based on Kepler's solar observations with camera obscura in May 1607.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 July 2024
Nicolaus Copernicus observed this phenomenon through a camera obscura, which, along with other observations, helped explain that the sun, not the Earth, was at the center of our planetary system.
—Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 6 Apr. 2024
Mattel courts toy-shopping parents with sustainable products To a child, a box can be a doll’s house or a rocket ship, a camera obscura or a magic carpet sailing down the concrete slides in Golden Gate Park.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
Williams built a frame over the hole where the camera obscura had been, providing a spot for Fortuna’s pedestal.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2023
At 18, Weber built a camera obscura, or pinhole camera, at home to test whether Vermeer might have used one.
—Nick Glass, CNN, 9 Feb. 2023
Long story short, this was the work that really established the idea that sight relies on rays of light stretching from objects to the eye, as well as introducing the camera obscura and discussing the physical mechanism of sight.
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2011
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Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 14 Apr. 2024
That means that Kepler's famed schematic drawing diagrammed in his book conflicts with both camera obscura images and the astronomer's original text.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 July 2024
The earliest datable sunspot drawings based on Kepler's solar observations with camera obscura in May 1607.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 July 2024
Nicolaus Copernicus observed this phenomenon through a camera obscura, which, along with other observations, helped explain that the sun, not the Earth, was at the center of our planetary system.
—Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 6 Apr. 2024
Mattel courts toy-shopping parents with sustainable products To a child, a box can be a doll’s house or a rocket ship, a camera obscura or a magic carpet sailing down the concrete slides in Golden Gate Park.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
Williams built a frame over the hole where the camera obscura had been, providing a spot for Fortuna’s pedestal.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2023
At 18, Weber built a camera obscura, or pinhole camera, at home to test whether Vermeer might have used one.
—Nick Glass, CNN, 9 Feb. 2023
Long story short, this was the work that really established the idea that sight relies on rays of light stretching from objects to the eye, as well as introducing the camera obscura and discussing the physical mechanism of sight.
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2011
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“Camera obscura.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/camera%20obscura. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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