what is camera obscure
camera obscura, which in latin is translated to "dark chamber" is an optical device which led to photography and photographic camera. the device is a box with a hole in one side of the box which allows light inside it and is projected upon the other side of the box but the picture is upside-down.
this is a diagram of the how the camera would have been.
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this is an example of of how the picture inside of the box is inverted.
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