There are two main types of light reflection: specular and diffuse. Specular reflection occurs from smooth surfaces and results in light reflecting at a definite angle, while diffuse reflection occurs from rough surfaces and scatters light in all directions. Diffuse reflection allows us to see objects that are not direct sources of light by scattering light across their rough surfaces. Mirrors produce reflections through either real or virtual images. Real images are where light rays diverge from the image point, and virtual images are where light rays appear to diverge from the image point but do not actually pass through it. Spherical mirrors like concave mirrors can focus parallel light rays to a point on the optical axis.