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Introductory Physics Volume Two

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8.5 Virtual Image Caused by Refraction 165<br />

Air<br />

Water<br />

We see that they do not converge on a single point. The location of<br />

the image changes as you view it from different angles. When you get<br />

down low and view it from near the horizon the image is close to the<br />

surface of the water and also displaced horizontally from the object.<br />

As you move your view point upward the image moves away from you<br />

and deeper into the water. When you view from straight overhead the<br />

image is directly over the object and about 1/5 of the way up toward<br />

the surface.<br />

Air<br />

Water<br />

Image from horizon<br />

Image from 45°<br />

Image from directly above<br />

Object<br />

This is very different from the image in a flat mirror. The image in a<br />

flat mirror is in the same position, from any viewpoint in the room.<br />

⊲ Problem 8.1<br />

Consider the beam of light shown going through a prism made of glass<br />

with an index of refraction n.

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