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How three mirrors build infinite geometry

Light hits the first mirror, bounces to the next, and the next — one tiny bead becomes six, arranged in a perfect hexagon.

60° 60° 60° 1 bead inside the mirror chamber …becomes 6 reflections Three flat mirrors in an equilateral triangle
Mirror wall
Light ray
Beads and colours
Six-fold pattern
3
mirrors = infinite pattern
60°
angle at every corner
1816
year the kaleidoscope was invented