Virtual

Summary: Light travels in straight lines. The brain uses this fact to work out where the light appears to be coming from. This is where you see the image. It is a virtual image because light has not travelled from it to the eye. You can see how this works in Figure 2. Tags: science student-book-7 physics Created: 2026-05-21 Last Updated: 2026-05-21

Virtual

Light travels in straight lines. The brain uses this fact to work out where the light appears to be coming from. This is where you see the image. It is a virtual image because light has not travelled from it to the eye. You can see how this works in Figure 2.

Source

This concept is from the [Science Student Book 7](Science Student Book 7/Physics/Light/3.2 Reflection.md), Physics section.