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Reflection of Parallel Rays by a Sphere


	The green sphere reflects the incoming orange parallel rays that hit the surface at different angles. The angle between an incoming ray and its normal equals the angle between the outgoing ray and the normal, but with the sign reversed.


	Contributed by: Michael Schreiber
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"Reflection of Parallel Rays by a Sphere" from The Wolfram Demonstrations Project
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Contributed by: Michael Schreiber

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