Mirages Optical Effects The Atmosphere The Earth

Mirages are an illusion often associated with water, and is caused by distortion of light by alternate layers of hot and cool air.

• An Introduction to Mirages - Contains background information, the superior mirage, and the details of the atmosphere refraction.
• How Mirages Work - Learn what causes different kinds of mirages.
• Inferior Mirages (Water) - Several pictures of mirages.
• BBC Weather: Mirages - Looks at mirages and how and where they form.
• Miscellaneous Mirages - Images of mixed mirages and of miraging clouds.
• Mirages in the Sky - Tells several stories of when people might see mirages.
• Mirages: A Primer - Explains what mirages are and why they occur. mirages Includes diagrams.
• Mirages - Tells how when light rays bend, they may form mirages.

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