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Transcription: An image is a representation of an object. If you stand at arm's length in front of a mirror, your reflection appears to be at arm's length in back of the mirror. You see it like this because of the way your eyes and the brain interpret the reflected light. This kind of image is called a virtual image. A different type of image, a real image, occurs when the rays of light coming from an object form a representation of the object on a surface. An example of a real The real image is that produced on a film in a camera.