When we put two mirrors facing each other perfectly, could it be possible to see every single reflection?

Question

Is our sight of each image of another mirror within the mirror limited to our human sight? Can you see more and more with better viewing technology or is it impossible to see infinity? If so, how do we even know it exists?

Answer 1

I suppose to an extent that it is our limitations that keep us from seeing every reflection, and there are more that we simply can't see. However I also think that the mirrors themselves also lack the ability to reflect an infinite number of mirrors so I suppose the number is finite.  

Answer 2

No, because your head gets in the way. Duh.

Answer 3

What my question is. If we put 4 square mirrors together all facing each other. Closed... kind of like a box. what would the reflection be?

Answer 4

As you look at "further away" images generated by increasing numbers of reflections, three things happen: the light absorbed by the mirror is multiplied; the intensity of the light reflected diminishes as the square of the path length; and the images become smaller.  At some point the distant images become either too small or too dim (or both) to see, though increasing the size or brightness of the reflected object should increase the number of images visible.  I imagine the upper limit is dictated by the resolving power of the eye both for size and dimness.

Answer 5

I think so. try four mirror

Answer 6

No you couldn't.

No mirror is perfectly reflective - some light is absorbed by the mirror. As the light bounces back and forth more and more of it will get absorbed. Eventually it will all be absorbed and that's where the reflections will end.

Answer 7

it extends infinitely, assuming the mirrors, or at least a part of their faces, are perfectly parallel to each other.

when you look down the reflections, you can only see as many as your eye sees. i mean. if you had a long runway that stretched infinitely, you couldn't see all the way down. the human eye is limited to about ~50 miles.  

Answer 8

Since you do not have an infinite amount of time, the hypothesized infinite number of images do not have time to form.