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From: drv@kitc.UUCP (Dennis Vogel)
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Subject: Re: 3D picture on cover of National Geographic
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Date: Wed, 20-Nov-85 15:56:43 EST
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> The cover of the latest National Geographic is a 3D picture of
> a skull, and when it's held in the light at the proper angle
> the 3D effect is startling.  I know that such pictures are made
> with lasers, but what is the process?

The picture is a holograph.  I saw the issue in a doctor's office recently.
I read a short blurb inside the issue (can't remember exactly where)
about the person responsible for producing the holograph and how it was
done. Look inside the front cover or on the contents page for a paragraph
that descirbes the cover.  I believe it references the blurb that is
elsewhere in the issue.

And you're right.  The effect is startling.

Dennis R. Vogel
AT&T Information Systems
S. Plainfield, NJ