point of observation
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History comes with its very own Doppler effect: as our point of observation changes, so does our understanding of what we are seeing.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Baroness, looking down from her point of observation, was struck with horror at her daughter's indecorous conduct especially when she became aware that Raven was intently following the scene below.
From No Surrender by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
The cart finally started for the exit, and several of us made our way to a good point of observation.
From The Bright Side of Prison Life Experience, In Prison and Out, of an Involuntary Soujouner in Rebellion by Samuel A. Swiggett
A turn of the lever, and he, too, could sit down, and from his lofty point of observation leisurely watch the mile-a-minute special flash by.
From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Allen Chapman
The moon swung to the south and off to the west, and the shadows lay long in the forest before the old captain moved from his point of observation.
From The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence The Lost Channel by Harry Gordon
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