Mirror Life
Yesterday I asked my 13 year old daughter and 9 year old son a question, when we were on bed before night sleep. I saw the image of the beautiful Blue night lamp on the large mirror. Immediately I asked the question, "Dear, The image which you see on the mirror glows equally as the lamp. Does it really emits the same amount of of light as the lamp?" The children took some time and answered "Yes". Then I tried to ask the same question in a different way. "Dear, Let me ask you it another way, See. Here is the tube light which is illuminating this room with about 50 Watts of power. If the tube light is made to reflect on two more mirrors, do you think the room will receive more illumination equal to 150 watts?. After taking some time, they replied "Yes". Now I decided to clear the riddle and explained. "No, Dear. The Light from the bulb is just reflected as an image on the mirror. It doesn't carry any light on its own, similar to the moon, whic...