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Why does the earth show a smooth surface in the photograph despite of high mountains and villages?
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The surface features of the earth "disappear" as one gets farther from it. It has to do with resolution. In general, if the earth was viewed from the moon without an optical aid, no surface features would be visible save clouds, oceans, land masses, and the like. And not for sure on all of them, either. Some will be seen and some of them will not be clearly distinguishable. But with a big telescope - bam! There's home! Sometimes when we look at a picture of the earth taken from space we may, without realizing it, begin to view a portion of it with "the mind's eye" instead of looking at the photo. We "know" what is there, even if we can't "see" it in the pic, can't make it out or resolve it. Lastly, a six mile high mountain isn't that much compared to a ball of material that is about 8000 miles in diameter....
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What is the word for a photograph in detail?
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