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Reflection of Light

Solar Mirror

Archimedes Mirror, also known as The Solar Death Ray! A look at some household objects 'nuked' by a solar mirror. Youtube. Two minutes.

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  Using solar power to melt steelr. Youtube. Two minutes
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Ray Tracing For both Lenses and Mirrors. Double-click to switch from multi-rays to just the principle rays.
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  You can use this for mirrors or lenses, concave and convex. Enter your values and study the rays
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  Concave mirror or convex lens. You can't enter values (and it's a short focal length), but you can use a lightbulb or a collimated beam instead of an arrow.
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  Irish-made, this has the nice bonus of showing the rays as they travel from object to mirror and then reflect off.
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  Another variation
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The magnification formula FNice animation which helps to explain a potentially confusing concept
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Real image Looking at some applications of concave and convex mirrors. Youtube. Ten minutes  
  The mirage maker - pretty cool with the little piggy an' all, especially when you shine a light at the image. MyYoutube. Three minutes.