Why are distant objects viewed in a nearby mirror blurry?

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Shouldn’t they be clear if I am standing beside the mirror and have good short-distance sight?

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No, because the path the light took from the object to you is still long. The light isn’t *coming* *from* the mirror, it’s just bouncing off it. The mirror doesn’t do anything to focus or defocus any light hitting it, it just bounces back whatever hits it. If what’s hitting it is light from a far away object, the light coming off the mirror and into your eyes is still “light from a far away object”.

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