Crazy Reflection

On a rainy saturday afternoon, I decided to do my physics journal. I chose to do it on mirrors because my closet sliding doors are two big mirrors and the physics behind mirrors is amazing. Mirrors are objects that show a reflection. Usually light, the light from my room, reflects off the object and goes toward my eyes. Also, light travels in straight lines and will take the quickest path to get from point A to point B. In the picture, I am able to see a certain amount of other objects that are reflected as well because the angle of incidence from the object is the same as the angle of reflection, Law of Reflection. My brain will extrapolate backwards where the reflected ray(s) appears to have origianted from. Everything (the images) in a mirror are the same distance behind the mirror as the actual objects itself. So if I'm ten feet away from the mirror, then the reflected image is ten feet into or behind the mirror. Lastly, this mirror gives off specular reflection. Light rays are reflected from a smooth surface and light refelcts in one direction. And so, that is what mirrors are about!