Such confusion! Put the mirror on the ceiling. Now your reflection is "upside-down", standing on its head as it were. Unless, of course, it's just backward/forward reflection! QED - Aaron Tovish - Medium

Why do mirrors flip left-and-right but not up-and-down?

Ethan Siegel

Apr 29

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Such confusion!

Put the mirror on the ceiling. Now your reflection is "upside-down", standing on its head as it were. Unless, of course, it's just backward/forward reflection! QED

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