physics question

[Wheatmaster]

if one has a shiny countertop and he or she looks at the countertop at a very very steep angle to the point they see a very nice reflection of part of their kitchen, is that angle of refraction?

 

[DrPizza]

reflection

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
reflection

 

[skim milk]

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[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Wheatmaster
if one has a shiny countertop and he or she looks at the countertop at a very very steep angle to the point they see a very nice reflection of part of their kitchen, is that angle of refraction?

refraction would be a shift in the resulting image....is there a shift?

 

[FreshFish]

When a ray is passing from one medium to another, the angle of refraction is the angle that the ray makes with a line perpendicular to the boundary between the mediums while traveling through the second medium.

 

[Wheatmaster]

ooo so it is reflection but just an extreme one?

 

[FreshFish]

Originally posted by: Wheatmaster
ooo so it is reflection but just an extreme one?

Yes, reflection.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Wheatmaster
ooo so it is reflection but just an extreme one?

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