What is the parallax effect?

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A08
Apr 8, 2016

When an observer changes his position"^color (red)! there is apparent change in the position of the observed object. This is called parallax effect or simply parallax.

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Example of parallax effect.

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In the above animation the distant objects appear to move slowly in comparison to the objects nearer to you.

"^color (red)!The change in position of the observer could be due to the movement of observer, or of the observed object or of both.

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