scipy.misc.ascent

scipy.misc.ascent()

Get an 8-bit grayscale bit-depth, 512 x 512 derived image for easy use in demos

The image is derived from accent-to-the-top.jpg at http://www.public-domain-image.com/people-public-domain-images-pictures/

Parameters:

None

Returns:

ascent : ndarray

convenient image to use for testing and demonstration

Examples

>>> import scipy.misc
>>> ascent = scipy.misc.ascent()
>>> ascent.shape
(512, 512)
>>> ascent.max()
255

>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>>> plt.gray()
>>> plt.imshow(ascent)
>>> plt.show()