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"Water mirror" glyph used in Aztec script. Water mirror may refer to: Water-based specular reflection. Reflecting pool, a shallow pool of water with a reflective surface, undisturbed by fountain jets Miroir d'eau, a reflecting pool located on the quay of the Garonne in front of the Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
A tertiary meaning is "something that seems tangible and simple but has a deeper ephemeral quality." This name references 鏡中的花，水裡的月, which is the shorter form of a Chinese idiom (or chéngyǔ), literally meaning a "flower seen in the mirror, moon on the water's surface".
The Miroir d'eau (Water mirror) on Place de la Bourse in Bordeaux, France. The Mughal garden reflecting pools at the Taj Mahal in Agra, India; Chehel Sotoun in Iran; The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and Capitol Reflecting Pool, in Washington, D.C. Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Reflection Pool, Hermann Park, Houston, Texas, U.S.
The image in a flat mirror has these features: It is the same distance behind the mirror as the object is in front. It is the same size as the object. It is the right way up (erect). It is reversed. It is virtual, meaning that the image appears to be behind the mirror, and cannot be projected onto a screen.
Mirrors were also associated with water; an Early Classic mirror in the style of Teotihuacan was excavated at distant Guácimo area of the Limón province near the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. It included Teotihuacan imagery that was a stylised convention for representing bodies of water. [14]
Scrying media encompass reflective, refractive, or luminescent surfaces like crystals, mirrors, water, fire, or smoke. Some practitioners even close their eyes, engaging in "eyelid scrying." Methods of scrying often include self-induced trances , using media like crystal balls or even modern technology like smartphones .
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A mirror reflecting the image of a vase A first-surface mirror coated with aluminium and enhanced with dielectric coatings. The angle of the incident light (represented by both the light in the mirror and the shadow behind it) exactly matches the angle of reflection (the reflected light shining on the table). 4.5-metre (15 ft)-tall acoustic mirror near Kilnsea Grange, East Yorkshire, UK, from ...