Science & Nature - Fata Morgana: the complex mirage conjuring floating landscapes
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A Fata Morgana is an intricate mirage visible in a narrow band just above the horizon. Named after Morgan le Fay from Arthurian legend, it occurs when light bends through air layers of varying temperatures during a steep thermal inversion. Under calm conditions, an atmospheric duct forms that acts like a refracting lens. This distorts distant objects, such as ships or coastlines, stacking upright and inverted images while compressing and stretching them into towering, ever-changing shapes that often appear completely unrecognizable.
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