Why do mirrors appear to flip images horizontally but not vertically?
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Why do mirrors appear to flip images horizontally but not vertically?
http://physicsgirl.org/
Instagram: http://instagram.com/thephysicsgirl
Facebook: http://www.physicsgirl.org/facebook
Twitter: http://www.physicsgirl.org/twitter
Featuring guest Meg Chetwood @megatronvolley
Thanks to Kyle Kitzmiller
and Veritasium http://youtube.com/veritasium
Music: “Rhythm Changes,” “Locally Sourced”
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my brain rrrrgh
And I realised u have a knowledge of theories but u don't think over it.
I ll give u the correct ans.
We people stand on earth vertically. now if u see ur image when you put urself horizontally and rise ur right hand up which ll at that time vertically up you ll find in mirror that ur left hand is up. It means mirror reflects back the light rays but when we see our mind interprets it as so. Hope u got this question's ans.
There is no up and down in universe 2nd thing is the photon reflects same side and our brain interprets it right to left. It is backword direction of photons which is responsible for it
MIND BLOWNNNNN!!!!!
This woman is a genius!
I put a fair amount of thought into this without coming to the right conclusion. My initial thought, similar to her own, was the effect was due to the positioning of my eyes, similar to her once again, I did a quick thought experiment and realized that did not suffice as an explanation.
blew my mind a couple of times
Amazing explanation. I had to watch it twice in order to follow every argument though =)
Girl you just fascinated me. Subscribed
not true! mirros are doors to other universes!
a blonde makes a physics channel…
explains the most important thing in her universe: the mirror
Great not I don't understand mirrors either
I would flip you horizontally.
+Physics Girl My Physics teach never told us that explanation, very nice.
best way to quickly understand is to put a vertical written word in front of the mirror, then the title of this video become wrong, whereas the first sentence pronounce remains exact thanks to "appears"
Only a blonde would try explain what a mirror does :D
dat big ears wtf …
Short answer "It doesn't". Things on your left are still on your left things on your right are still on your right.
beauty with brain!!!!!!!!
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Only a pretty girl would care this much about a mirror!
My every answer in a science test: light only travels in straight lines…
much better explained than headsqueeze… and I would've loved her to be my physics teacher :)
i love you
does reflected photons flip too? like if you polarize light and shine it on a mirror does it come back through the same polarity or different?
If you had a transparant paper, Facing yourself, the text would look the same in the mirror, right?
Simple answer: mirrors flip nothing, it is we who flip horizontally and not vertically.
3:13 Dat ass :F
Mirrors do not flip. Its your symmetric body that confuses you.