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To simplify the situation, the five surrounding mirrors each
has an individual name. The mirror below the photographer is the
counter-top mirror; likewise, the mirror above the subject is
the top mirror. The two mirrors on either side of the subject
(if facing forward toward the regular mirror) are the side mirrors
one and two; two is on the right and one is to the left.
The placement and quantity of mirrors distort some images while
the combination, or "double distortion", makes other
images appear as they would without the mirrors. For example,
in the closer image of the shirt that reads Stanford, the shirt
actually seems to say "drofnatS" because the mirror
flips the image from left to right. Since we are trained to read
from left to right the word looks backwards to us. On the contrary,
in the distant image Stanford still reads as it is written because
of its double reflection created by the corner of mirrors ( at
the intersection of side mirror two and the regular mirror) which
first flips the image and then that image is flipped back to the
normal way by the second mirror.
Lastly, a tunnel of images is created which depicts the subject
in multiplicity. It appears as though there are hundreds of "twins"
of the subject along side her however, that tunnel of images is
created by the two side mirrors which run parallel to one another.