An airplane speeds down a runway lined by red and green lights as it prepares for takeoff. In the distance, the parallel red and green lights appear to converge. This is BEST explained by the _____ depth cue of _____.

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The phenomenon described can be explained by the monocular depth cue of linear perspective, which is the tendency for parallel lines to appear to converge when viewed from a distance. Retinal disparity is a binocular depth cue that involves the differences between the images received by each eye, which is not applicable to this situation.

An Airplane Speeds Down a Runway Lined by Red and Green