A mirage forms when the light from the sky curves upward toward the cooler air and appears to be coming from the ground. ... due to the angle of refraction and the refractive index of the light, ...

The type of mirage we’ve been talking about is called an inferior mirage. But it’s not the only kind. Superior mirages occur when the warmer air is above, not below, the cooler air. This often happens ...

The mirage is an image of a real thing — it can even be photographed — but it's often a distorted image, and it's easy to misinterpret. ... The short answer is refraction, ...

The shape on the horizon that Maricarmen Khalaf could see from a ferry travelling from Nanaimo to Horseshoe Bay looked like a ...

NATURAL mirage is due to the passage of rays of light through strata of air in which the refractive index is a function of the height of the ray above the ground. In these strata the air, though ...

Any reference will tell you the Novaya Zemlya effect is a polar mirage — and it is. But its effects are not limited to the Arctic.

Refraction and dispersion cause the green flash, and there are four different types of green flashes that can occur. ... mock mirage, subduct flashes, and green ray.

A mirage is an optical illusion that occurs when light rays bend due to refraction in layers of air with different densities. This phenomenon creates the appearance of a distant object or scene, which ...