if there is a line that lies parallel to the horizon it is said to be a vanishing point.
if there is a line that lies parallel to the horizon it is said to be?
a vanishing point
to put it simply, the vanishing line of some plane, say , is obtained by the intersection of the image plane with another plane, say , parallel to the plane of interest (), passing through the camera center. for different sets of lines parallel to this plane , their respective vanishing points will lie on this vanishing line. the horizon line is a theoretical line that represents the eye level of the observer. if the object is below the horizon line, its vanishing lines angle up to the horizon line. if the object is above, they slope down. all vanishing lines end at the horizon line.
vanishing point
the matorral occupies central chile between 32° and 37° south latitude. the pacific ocean lies to the west, and the chilean coastal range lies parallel to the coast. the chilean central valley lies between the coastal range and the andes mountains, which bound the matorral ecoregion on the east. to the north is the extremely dry atacama desert, which separates the matorral from the tropical forests of northern south america. a semi-desert region known as "el norte chico", (the "little north") lies between 28° and 32° south latitude, and is the transition zone between the atacama desert and the matorral. to the south lies the cooler and wetter valdivian temperate rain forests ecoregion, which includes most of south america's temperate rain forests.
chilean matorral