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Figure 5: Numerical simulations of exo-planet imaging with a large EED.

1. densified pupil of a 90-aperture EED, fake planet with random dots and its raw image obtained at the combined focus.
2. Same with a 150-aperture EED, where more reconstructed details are seen, and (bottom) case of the Earth with Moon as seen from 3 parsecs with a 150 km EED in visible light.
3. In the absence of post-detection deconvolution to remove the feet of the interference function, improved resolution (bottom right) degrades the contrast. If taken through a green filter, such images should evidence vegetated areas such as the Amazon.