A superior mirage occurs when an image of an object appears above the actual object, due to the refraction or bending of light waves from the object down toward the eyes of the observer. Downward refraction occurs because air closer to the ground is colder, and therefore more dense, than air higher up.
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A mirage is a naturally occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays are bent to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky. The word comes to English via the French mirage , from...
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The superior mirage is not as commonly recognized as the familiar highway "water pools" of the inferior mirage. And yet, if you have ever watched the sun rise or set across the horizon, you have seen one.
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The other main form of mirage is the superior mirage in which the image is seen above the object. (For details on the superior mirage, see The Superior Mirage: Seeing Beyond in the Weather Elements and Phenomena Section.)
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Superior mirage distorting islands ... Superior mirage with boat in scenery ... Inferior and superior mirage distorting ships...
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Images of superior mirages ... Superior mirage distorting islands ... This page has images of islands distorted by superior mirage. There is another subpage ('Isokari lighthouse and pilots' house distorted') with more this kind of distortions. Images of a particular island with different kinds of distortions are grouped...
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Mirage pictures ... Because of the motion of the ship, the distance to the miraged objects is uncertain. However, objects must be beyond the horizon to appear in a superior mirage like this. If the camera was 10 meters above the sea, the normal distance to the horizon would be about 12 km;
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Many listeners wrote in about Wade Goodwyn's story on UFO sightings in Texas, and one pointed out that we missed a teaching opportunity about superior mirage phenomenon. Robert Siegel talks with Christine Pulliam, a spokeswoman for the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, to find out more. ... ROBERT SIEGEL, host:
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The 'arctic' or 'superior' mirage occurs when an image of an object appears above the actual object due to the bending of light waves through cold, dense air. ... The "arctic" or "superior" mirage occurs when an image of an object appears above the actual object. This is due to the downward refraction (bending) of light...
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The Superior Mirage - A Rare Optical Phenomemon pictures published by cbclements ... Superior Mirage 1 ... all member Superior mirage photos and albums Superior mirage...
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