Refraction, the Forgotten Type of Mirror
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Now at the angle the camera is positioned at, one might believe that there is one small pencil floating in the cup and half a pencil cut, and leaning on top of the cup or one might believe the pencil is broken. But, one might be wrong.This is a case of refraction, a different form of reflection that happens when an object has a large enough refraction quality to reflect somthing in a much odder way then an actual reflection. Refraction occurs because light bends. A lens is a piece of transparent material. It is usually made of glass and has at least one curved surface.
How refraction works on a object is dependent on how thick a liquid is. A thick liquid will have a heavy amount of refraction quilities meaning that the way its relfecting the object will make it seem much different then it acctually looks like. while a liquid with low amounts of refraction will seem as if its being reflected like a mirror and would be closer to the orginal objects shape compared to that of a high refraction quality
How refraction works on a object is dependent on how thick a liquid is. A thick liquid will have a heavy amount of refraction quilities meaning that the way its relfecting the object will make it seem much different then it acctually looks like. while a liquid with low amounts of refraction will seem as if its being reflected like a mirror and would be closer to the orginal objects shape compared to that of a high refraction quality
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