• Question: Is it true that we actually see things upside down due to light and the image/s but since our eyes are very clever, it flips it the right way round so quickly that we just see things the right way up?

    Asked by Grace W to Anna, Hayley, Iain, Rebecca on 17 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Iain Bethune

      Iain Bethune answered on 17 Jun 2015:


      Yes, the same happens in a camera. You can try this if you make a pinhole camera by poking a small hole in a sheet of card, hold it up to a bright image (like a TV screen), and then hold a sheet of paper behind the pinhole. If you can get it in focus, you’ll see that the image is upside down. Ask your science teacher if you can try it in class!

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