Since mirrors need light in order to make a reflection, what if you turn off all the lights so it's pitch black and then put on nightvision goggles and looked in the mirror?
would you see your reflection?
2006-07-25 15:35:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Some night vision goggles work by simply being more sensitive than our eyes; they still rely on having some light. So if the room is PITCH BLACK then they would not work either. Other more sophisticated night goggles produce a visible image from infrared. In this case they will work because your body emits enough infrared to be reflected by the mirror and recieved by the goggles.
A proof of this is to align your TV remote to a mirror and make it work around corners! The remote uses infrared light.
2006-07-25 15:45:56 · answer #1 · answered by slatibartfast 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if you think about it, all mirrors are nothing but glass that reflects one's image. Mirrors really don't need light to make a reflection. They're just an object that gives a mirror-image. So, think about it, if you turned off all the lights and you put on nightvision goggles, you would see yourself since mirrors are always projecting images, no matter what. See for yourself. Mirrors project every little thing around its area. No matter what even if you can't see it, the mirror is projecting whatever it's facing at. Nightvision goggles include infrared light but that really doesn't make a difference. I believe it's logical sense.
2006-07-25 15:41:37 · answer #2 · answered by krazych1nky 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some night vision goggles see infrared light and some intensify the light from existing photons.
Infrared will reflect and so do the minute amount of visible light photons so you will see a reflection.
2006-07-25 16:01:30 · answer #3 · answered by minuteblue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mirrors reflect most radiation. Light is a small spectrum of radiation. Night-vision goggles use a different spectrum to let you see. So if you can see out of a night-vision goggle there must be other kind of spectrum of radiation besides light. Thus, you would see your image bouncing back at you in a different spectrum of radiation.
2006-07-25 16:29:38 · answer #4 · answered by Steven C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question has already been answered.
If you want to be able to "see" infrared, there is a cheaper household alternative. Use your digital camera or video camera! Its CCD is sensitive to IR (infrared). Point a TV remote at the camera and watch the display. It's like there's an LED on the end! Now point it at a mirror. What happens?
2006-07-25 15:54:33 · answer #5 · answered by TrickMeNicely 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the light absorbed by nightvision goggles is not the same as the light of a light bulb.
2006-07-25 15:43:16 · answer #6 · answered by ___ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on if the mirror is able to reflect infrared rays, it should be able to.
2006-07-25 15:41:47 · answer #7 · answered by ↓ImWithStupid ░░▒▒▓▓ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i actually don't know the principle of night vision goggles....but i think u wud be able to see ur reflection since they enable u to see in dark...
2006-07-25 15:40:10 · answer #8 · answered by Gaurab N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah because you are still using light, infra red.
2006-07-25 15:40:33 · answer #9 · answered by tattie_herbert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋