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If the angles of the mirrors that you used on periscope are not parallel to each other you would see the image upside down.

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When you first see an image does it appears upside down until the brain translates what you see?

When the image reaches the eye, it is right-side up. The optics in your eye flip the image upside down in the process of absorbing the light. The up-side down image is then sent to your brain. You brain translates it back to right side up, and then creates the image for you to see. The image never appears upside down to you, because your brain does not create the image for you to see until it has flipped it back right-side up.


A convex lens projects an image that is upside down If the image on your retina is upside down why doesnt the world look upside down to you?

The world doesn't seem up side down to us, even through our retinas, because , your brain works to recognize the image and flips around, sends it to the nerves and lets you see wright side up.


Description of the image form in the eye?

If you could see the image projected onto the retina of the eye by the lens, it would be of the environment that the person in question is looking at, but upside down.


What is a sentence for periscope?

The captain of the submarine raised the periscope to see if there's danger.


Why do things look upside down in the microscope?

its because the lens of the microscope is convex. this means that it is curved a little bit, like the lenses of glasses. this causes the image to appear upside down. try looking into the curved part of a spoon from both sides. one side your reflection is normal, but on the other side your reflection is upside down, because of concave and convex. The side where you see your reflection normal is concave, and the side where it is backwards is convex. hope i helped!

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When you first see an image does it appears upside down until the brain translates what you see?

When the image reaches the eye, it is right-side up. The optics in your eye flip the image upside down in the process of absorbing the light. The up-side down image is then sent to your brain. You brain translates it back to right side up, and then creates the image for you to see. The image never appears upside down to you, because your brain does not create the image for you to see until it has flipped it back right-side up.


Why can not we see upside down image of the sun?

You can - use a pinhole camera ( or viewer).


A convex lens projects an image that is upside down If the image on your retina is upside down why doesnt the world look upside down to you?

The world doesn't seem up side down to us, even through our retinas, because , your brain works to recognize the image and flips around, sends it to the nerves and lets you see wright side up.


How the use of mirrors helps the user of a periscope see above the water surface?

The mirrors are fitted at 45 degree angles in a periscope in the opposite directions. when you see through the periscope, the image gets reflected.


Do you see things upside down?

Yes, we do in fact see things upside down until our brain turns it back around for us. You can prove this fact when you look at your self on the outside of a spoon, you will see yourself upside down! In fact our eyes see things the right way up but the image appears upside down in the retina, our brain works so fast that it can interpret the image quickly. +++ The spoon is no test of how sight works, but demonstrates a property of convex mirrors!


What does the brain do with the information from the eye?

Since your eyes see it upside-down (believe it or not), along the tracks the image is turned rightside-up and then then that is what you see....


What does a submarie use to see on top of the water?

Down periscope!


Description of the image form in the eye?

If you could see the image projected onto the retina of the eye by the lens, it would be of the environment that the person in question is looking at, but upside down.


When was I See Things Upside Down created?

I See Things Upside Down was created in 2004.


Do new born babies see things upside down?

Eyes work the same way regardless of the position of the head, and regardless of age. Of course, understanding what you see is another matter. I doubt that an upside down baby understands what it sees. But it does see. When they are first born, yes, we all see things upside down but our brains reverse the image. If you wear a pair of specially made spectacles that gives images upside down, for a few days you will see things upside down after you remove them until your brain can readjust to it. The reason for two answers to this question is the ambiguity of the question. Do you want to know if babies can see when they are upside down, or do you want to know if babies see an upside down image. You have an answer in either case.


Why isn't the image in a periscope laterally inverted?

Because there are two mirrors: one at the bottom and one at the top. If there was only one mirror in it, it would be, but because the image is inverted in one mirror, then that image is inverted again in the second mirror, it goes back to normal and you see the normal image which is entering the periscope at the other end.


Why does it not matter that the image produced by a telescope inverted?

One of the most surprising discoveries first-time telescope owners will find is that images may appear upside-down or backwards depending on the type of telescope. The first thought is the telescope is broken - when in fact it is working perfectly normal. Depending on the type of telescope images may appear correct, upside-down, rotated, or inverted from left to right. Why is this? Why would I want to see everything incorrectly? For astronomical viewing, it is not important whether an object is shown correctly. In space there is no up or down. Besides, Saturn is not something you see everyday and you would not know if it was upside-down or not. A Tree, Building, Person or an Automobile for example would be important to see correctly. When you view an automobile upside-down, you recognize that this is not correct. Lets talk about the different types of telescopes and how the orientation of the image is observed through them and what you can do to correct it for land use. Refractor and Cassegrain telescopes will produce an image that is upside down when used without a diagonal. When a diagonal is used the image will be corrected right side up, but backwards from left to right. It will look like trying to read a sign in a mirror. There are special diagonals called Erect Image Prism diagonals that can correct the backwards image for land use. Newtonian Reflectors will produce an image that is upside down and are not recommended for land use. There are no ways to correct this with a Newtonian Reflector.