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Okay, but how actually do mirrors reflect light? (kbin.social)
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Light is made of photons, so how do mirrors put the photons on a route that follows the law of reflection?

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[–] Tomassci@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How does that work?

[–] toasteranimation@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

See Newton’s Laws

[–] Tomassci@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I don't that's how it works, after all it's a different scale and quantum mechanical