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the universe's way of letting light gossip about everything it touches
means Reflections are images thrown back by a surface like a mirror or water, or, by extension, careful thoughts turned over in the mind.
from From Latin 'reflectere,' to bend back, from 're-' (back) plus 'flectere' (to bend) — the same 'flectere' that bends into 'flexible' and 'deflect.' First it described light or heat literally bouncing off a surface; the meaning for inward thought came later, picturing the mind bending its gaze back upon itself.
- mirror flip
- reverses front-to-back, not left-to-right as believed
- total internal
- light trapped past a critical angle reflects perfectly
- echo cousin
- sound bounces the same way light does
- infinite tunnel
- two facing mirrors reflect each other nearly forever
- self-recognition
- few animals know the reflection is themselves
mirror lake — wyoming lake that perfectly reflects the teton mountains, named for its mirror-like surface
lake louise — alberta, canada glacier-fed lake famous for reflecting victoria glacier and surrounding peaks
reflections on the nile — nobel prize-winning 1987 novel by naguib mahfouz depicting cairo reflected in the river