The phenomenon of infinite reflections occurs when two mirrors face each other, allowing light to reflect multiple times between them. Each reflection creates a new image, starting with the first image formed by the initial reflection of the object. This process continues, generating successive images as the light reflects back and forth. While theoretically, perfect mirrors would allow for infinite reflections, real-world factors such as light absorption by air and the mirrors themselves result in diminishing visibility of these reflections, leading to dark regions in the reflected images.
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Light from the object forms the 1st image when reflected by one mirror, then forms the 2nd image when reflected by the other mirror, and then the 3rd image, 4th image and so on are formed in the same way. You may understand it in another way: the object first forms 2 images via 2 mirrors; then the 2 images form another 2 "images of image", and then there are another 2 images formed, etc.