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Bookmark or Share- Camera obscura | History of Science MuseumWith a camera obscura, you can perfectly capture the world around you by projecting what's on the outside down into a darkened space on the inside. And you don't need a power source. That means it's not 'magic' — but it is really useful science.
- Camera obscura - WikipediaA camera obscura (pl. camerae obscurae or camera obscuras; from Latin camera obscūra 'dark chamber') [1] is the natural phenomenon in which the rays of light passing through a small hole into a dark space form an image where they strike a surface, resulting in an inverted (upside down) and reversed (left to right) projection of the view outside.
- What is a Camera Obscura — Definition, Origin & How It WorksWhat is a camera obscura? A camera obscura is a room with a hole (or lens) in a wall that projects a reverse image onto the opposite wall. The idea of the Camera obscūra, which is derived from Latin for dark chamber or dark room, was conceived in prehistory, initially theorized around 500 BCE, and concretely developed in the Common Era.
- Camera obscura | Definition & Facts | Britannicacamera obscura, ancestor of the photographic camera. The Latin name means “dark chamber,” and the earliest versions, dating to antiquity, consisted of small darkened rooms with light admitted through a single tiny hole. The result was that an inverted image of the outside scene was cast on the opposite wall, which was usually whitened.
- Camera Obscura - National Gallery of ArtWashington, DC—The camera obscura (Latin for "dark room") is an optical device that creates an image by focusing rays of light onto a screen or sheet of paper.
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