superior mirage

The lowest frame is 5-image superior mirage of the islands.

He suggests that Morrell and his crew saw a superior mirage.

Superior mirages can have a striking effect due to the Earth's curvature.

A superior mirage occurs when there is a pronounced inversion near the surface, and normally at sea.

A superior mirage occurs when the air below the line of sight is colder than the air above it.

Superior mirages are quite common in polar regions, especially over large sheets of ice that have a uniform low temperature.

This can refract the image of an object seen through it in a similar manner as a superior mirage often seen over open water.

A Fata Morgana superior mirage of a ship can take many different forms.

Other phantom islands may exist because of mistakes in navigation, or optical illusions, such as superior mirage.

Probably the most credible explanation is a superior mirage or Fata Morgana seen at sea.

A superior mirage can be right-side up or upside down, depending on the distance of the true object and the temperature gradient.

A "Fata Morgana" is a complex superior mirage whose appearance can change quickly and dramatically.

Assuming that Morrell did not invent the experience, a possible explanation is that he witnessed a superior mirage.

Superior mirages also occur at more moderate latitudes, although in those cases they are weaker and tend to be less smooth and stable.

The volume, Land of Superior Mirages, includes a number of poems that had been unpublished at her death.

A Fata Morgana can be described as a very complex superior mirage with more than three distorted erect and inverted images.

This may be the cape viewed from the ship superior mirage, by the United States Exploring Expedition under Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, January 19, 1840.

Because of the constantly changing conditions of the atmosphere, a Fata Morgana can change in various ways within just a few seconds of time, including changing to become a straightforward superior mirage.

Phenomena of atmospheric optics related to atmospheric ducting include the green flash, Fata Morgana, superior mirage, mock mirage of astronomical objects and the Novaya Zemlya effect.

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In the same way, ships that are in reality so far away that they should not be visible above the geometric horizon may appear on the horizon or even above the horizon as superior mirages.

A Fata Morgana, the name of which comes from the Italian translation of Morgan le Fay, the fairy shapeshifting half-sister of King Arthur, is a very complex superior mirage.

A mirage was still present at that point, but it was not as complex as few hours before sunset: the mirage was no longer a Fata Morgana, but instead had become a simple superior mirage.

Superior mirages are in general less common than inferior mirages, but, when they do occur, they tend to be more stable, as cold air has no tendency to move up and warm air has no tendency to move down.

Mirages can be categorized as "inferior" (meaning lower), "superior" (meaning higher) and "Fata Morgana", one kind of superior mirage consisting of a series of unusually elaborate, vertically stacked images, which form one rapidly changing mirage.