Why do objects appear as flat/“lost a dimension” when observed from a great distance away?

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Why do objects appear as flat/“lost a dimension” when observed from a great distance away?

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Our two eyes being a few centimeters apart gives us two slightly different 2D pictures which allows the brain to calculate the 3D shape from that difference. At large distances that difference becomes so minuscule that you only get the same 2D image twice and thus there is no 3D shape to calculate.

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