1. Reflection

2. Why does light reflect? Light vibrates the electrons
Frequency of the light does not resonate the electrons
Surface atoms vibrate and then remit the light

3. Mirrors

4. Specular Reflection

6. Angle of Incidence = Angle of Reflection
Law of Reflection
Angle of Incidence = Angle of Reflection

8. Car Lights on a Wet road

9. Wet Road

10. Dry Road

11. Snowy Conditions

12. Rainy Conditions

13. Radio Telescope Reflective to Radio Waves
New South Wales, Australia
Apollo Missions
1961

14. Plane Mirrors Hold the mirror 20 cm from your face.
How far into the mirror is your reflection?

15. The reflection is behind the mirror.
A virtual image appears in a location where the light doesn’t really reach.

16. Virtual Images in Plane Mirrors
Image is the same distance behind the mirror as the object is in front of it.
Image and object are the same size.