Imagine you're a ball of light bouncing around inside your body. When you look in the mirror, it's like your light bounces off your face and then goes back to your eyes, only now it looks like it came from behind the mirror. Mirrors work by reflecting light, just like a super-smart bounce-back game. The image you see is a copy of yourself, flipped left-to-right, because that's how the light travels: in straight lines and equal angles.
Examples
- A ball bouncing off a wall comes back at you, just like your face bouncing off a mirror.
- Your friend waves at you in front of a mirror, but your image seems to wave its opposite hand.
- You smile, and the mirror smiles back, only flipped left-to-right.
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See also
- How Do ‘Mirrors’ Work in a Dressing Room?
- How Do Mirrors Work?
- How Do Mirrors Create the Illusion of Depth?
- How Does a Mirror Know What to Reflect?
- How Do Mirrors Work in a Funhouse?
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