Aerial perspective (disambiguation)

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Aerial perspective or atmospheric perspective is the effect on the appearance of an object by the atmosphere between it and a viewer. In this sense, aerial perspective is concerned only with the filtering effect of atmospheric content, such as gases and moisture, on light as it traverses a distance before reaching the eye. It does not imply an aerial (or "bird's-eye view") vantage point on the part of the viewer.

For art, photography, diagrams, maps, etc., that depict landscapes or other subjects as though viewed from overhead or from high in the air (as from an airplane looking down, for example), see aerial photography, aerial landscape art, bird's-eye view, or top-down perspective.