Isnt a mirror just an image of the surroundings? If I stand three inches from the mirror shouldnt i be able to see everything clearly regardless of my poor eyesight?
2006-06-20 10:54:32 · 10 answers · asked by Robert T 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
If you look at a painting from 3 inches away, it will be clear, but a mirror is not in fact a flat image like a painting. The light in the mirror comes from the surroundings, so, depending on the distance between an object and the mirror, the light travels different distances. Try standing in front of the mirror and covering one eye-- what you see, in the mirror or not, will be flat. Uncover the eye and you will have depth perception even when you look in the mirror.
2006-06-20 11:27:27 · answer #1 · answered by manda 4 · 8⤊ 1⤋
A mirror merely reflects light traveling in a straight line just as if there were no mirror in the way. If you stand in front of the mirror and look at the wall behind you the light travels all the way across the room, to the mirror and back at you. From where you stand, if the wall is blurry because of the distance, the mirror does nothing to "fix" the image like your glasses do.
2006-06-20 11:01:50 · answer #2 · answered by Vince M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The light reflected to the eye must be focused by the lens of the eye. When a person has poor eyesight, the lens doesn't focus properly. It would be like looking at the mirror through Vaseline.
2006-06-20 11:00:29 · answer #3 · answered by LazlaHollyfeld 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps because the light reflections are traveling a very short distance from the mirror to your eyes, and when looking at the surroundings for real, the light reflections are traveling a greatere distance.
My right eye was removed, but when I had it, I was legally blind in it. I never experienced what you're describing. The vision was
(Did that make sense, lol?)
2006-06-20 12:03:35 · answer #4 · answered by Dolores G. Llamas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Short sightedness is having difficulty focusing on objects at a distance. Even though you are looking in a mirror 3 inches away, your eyes still have to try and focus on something further away, a reflected image.
2006-06-20 12:19:29 · answer #5 · answered by DelBoy1297 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you know that not seeing clearly is seeing foggy. Maybe as people's vision gets blurrier they are seeing clearer but we dont realize that so we say its getting worse when it's actually getting better. But I guess looking into a mirror will be the same as looking anywhere else. Your eyesight is still the same.
2006-06-20 10:59:22 · answer #6 · answered by Devilz Angel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The mirror reflects back depth also, so your vision would not be perfect in the mirror reflection.
2006-06-20 11:34:59 · answer #7 · answered by astraea82 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your eyesight is merely your brain's interpretation of what your eyes see, which is why magic tricks and illusions are possible. So NO, if you have poor eyesight, it simply means your interpretation is different and likely needs correction to see what everyone else sees.
2006-06-20 11:41:15 · answer #8 · answered by qtee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily, you could see more clearly if it was a magnifing mirror. I think what you want to see is more than an IMAGE.
2006-06-20 11:23:36 · answer #9 · answered by "Hooks" 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure they can? Never heard of that.
2006-06-20 10:59:35 · answer #10 · answered by T'smama 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋