Sliced Image

The light bulb appearing in the socket on top of the wooden box is actually the real image of an actual light bulb that is located inside the box. The image is created by a concave mirror. When the object is at the center of curvature, the image is inverted, real and the same size as the object.

For more information about the physics of spherical mirrors and image formation, visit The Physics Classroom Tutorial - www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/refln/index.cfm.

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