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Image plane

Imagine you have a piece of paper in front of you. This is like an image plane. This piece of paper is where you can see and observe things. When you look at an object in front of you, the light from that object travels through the air and onto the paper. This light creates an image of the object on the paper.

The image is made up of really tiny dots called pixels. Each pixel has a specific color and it all combines together to form the picture. Just like when you color a picture in a coloring book, the pixels on the paper make up the image.

The things you can see on the image plane are like the things you can see in a photograph. You can see people, trees, and anything else that is in front of you. However, the image on the paper is only two-dimensional, which means it is flat like a piece of paper.

The image plane helps us capture and understand what is happening in the world around us. It is like a window that allows us to see things that are far away or things that we might not be able to see with our own eyes. It is also a way for us to remember and share what we see with other people.

Overall, the image plane is a way for us to see and record images of the world around us, just like when we draw or color on a piece of paper.
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