Archive for 'Mirror' Tag

Why Don’t Mirrors Flip Vertically? (Hint: It’s Not Because of Gravity)

by Kevin C. on Apr 7, 2009

So we were talking about plane mirrors the other day. What makes mirrors so special that they apparently only only reflect left and right and not up and down? After some discussion, we jokingly decided that  it was because of gravity, because one way or another, we can usually blame gravity for just about anything. [...]