What is Virtual image?
In [[optics]], a '''virtual image''' is an image formed when the outgoing [[ray (optics)|rays]] from an object always [[diverge]] (move apart). A plane [[mirror]] forms a virtual image positioned behind the mirror. Light from the source only exists in front of the mirror. The image in a plane mirror appears to be as far behind the mirror as the object is in front of the mirror. In contrast, a [[real image]] is one that is formed when the outgoing rays form a point converge at a real location. Real images can be projected onto a diffuse reflecting [[screen]], but a screen is not necessary for the image to form.<ref>{{cite book | last = Knight | first = Randall D. | title = Five Easy Lessons: strategies for successful physics teaching | year = 2002 | publisher = Addison Wesley | pages=276–278}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{physics-stub}} [[Category:Light]]