It is well understood in optics that a person can view his image in a mirror, only if the eye is located so that light rays from the person can enter it after reflection. If we look to ourselves in a concave mirror, locating our face between the mirror and the focal plane, we see our face erect and greater than we would see it in a plane mirror. But it is somewhat unexpected that we still can see our face erect and greater, if it is positioned between the focal point and the center of curvature, in spite of the fact that the image from the mirror is now inverted. In this article we demonstrate conclusively that to correctly explain what we really see when we look to ourselves in a concave mirror, we must take into account that our eye’s lens is interposed in the light’s path.
concave mirror; images; human eye
