2008 HS Photo Contest Pictures

2008 AAPT High School Physics Photo Contest
Winner's Showcase

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Honorable Mention - Contrived

Title: Witchcraft or Physics?
Student: Emily Bruhl
School: Fairfield Ludlowe High School, Fairfield, CT
Teacher: Mr. Heiden

While my sister appears to be floating, her left leg is actually behind the door and her right one is being reflected in the mirror. This is an example of plane mirror reflection. Plane mirror reflection is specular reflection which means the rays do not diffuse and an image can be observed. The image produced is a virtual image and laterally inverted, but the same size as the object. The rays of light produce an angle of incidence that is equal to the angle of reflection.