CORNER REFLECTOR

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DESCRIPTION: The three mirrors arranged to have three mutually perpendicular faces have the property of being retrodirective; i.e. it will reflect all incoming rays back along their original directions. when viewed from any angle the image of the observer always appears at the vertex of the three mirrors. Alternatively a laser beam directed to the reflector comes straight back. A cloud of chalk dust makes the beams visible to the class.