Convex Mirror Image Characteristics

A convex mirror is a diverging mirror. When parallel rays of light strike it, they reflect outwards, making them appear to diverge from a focal point behind the mirror.

Image Properties:

• Virtual: Because the reflected rays diverge and only appear to meet at a point behind the mirror, the image formed is virtual. It cannot be projected onto a screen.
• Erect: The image formed by a convex mirror is always upright, or erect, relative to the orientation of the object.
• Diminished: The image is also always smaller than the object (diminished in size).

Therefore, the image formed by a convex mirror is consistently virtual and erect, regardless of the object's position.