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Can you see the light?. When people think of mirrors and lenses, they usually think of. But there are other uses for lenses and mirrors. glasses, or their reflection. Lenses can magnify or invert, depending on their shape and distance from the object. 1. 2.
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When people think of mirrors and lenses, they usually think of But there are other uses for lenses and mirrors. glasses, or their reflection. Lenses can magnify or invert, depending on their shape and distance from the object. 1 2
A convex lens can focus light and images. A concave lens can diverge light and distort images. 3 4
Mirrors reflect light. Their reflections depend on the shape of the mirror and the distance from the object. In addition to being planar (or flat), they can be convex…. 5 6
Or concave. They can invert….. 7 8
Miniaturize….. Or magnify images. 9 10
Photographs Provided by: J. Fukue, http://www.shokabo.co.jp/sp_e/optical/labo/lens/lens.htm p.3-4 DGM LLC http://dgmglass.com/mirrors-security. p.6 Benji Lanyado, http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/aug/09/readers-recommend-songs-mirrors p.8 We can use mirrors and lenses for fun and useful things. Look around….. Where have you seen lenses or mirrors at work? Bernard Burchell, http://www.alternativephysics.org/book/Abell1689.htm p.2 Michael Pollack, http://www.one-story.com/blog/?tag=workshop p.5 11 12