Ahem.

[equuschick]

If any of you know what the term Fata Morgana means today (besides the music band and besides Morgan L'Fay, though she is related to the subject), by all means please comment here and explain the phemomenon to me in small words so I can understand. Reliable photos would be good. If you are an expert, all the better. Fata Morganas are my new little

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[eattheolives]

"The fata morgana mirage is one that can occur only where there are alternating warm and cold layers of air near the ground or water surface. Instead of traveling straight through these layers, light is bent towards the colder, hence denser, air. The result can be a rather complicated light path and a strange image of a distant object. A fate morgana actually is a superposition of several images of one object. Typically one image is upright more or less above two inverted images that may be mingled together. The images may undergo rapid changes as the air layers move slightly up and down relative to the observer

[eattheolives]

"The fata morgana mirage is one that can occur only where there are alternating warm and cold layers of air near the ground or water surface. Instead of traveling straight through these layers, light is bent towards the colder, hence denser, air. The result can be a rather complicated light path and a strange image of a distant object. A fate morgana actually is a superposition of several images of one object. Typically one image is upright more or less above two inverted images that may be mingled together. The images may undergo rapid changes as the air layers move slightly up and down relative to the observer

[eattheolives]

Ack, it did it twice, it wasn't me I promise...=P

[equuschick]

*giggles* 'Sokay. I understand Livejournal. =P
I'd all ready some of that on one of the sites, thanks though! Its pretty cool stuff isn't it?