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Mirage

A mirage is a naturally occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays bend via refraction to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky. The word comes to English via the French (se) mirer, from the Latin mirari, meaning "to look at, to wonder at".

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Inferior mirage

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Night-time mirages

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Mirage

Nodes75
Edges74
Triples47
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026667
Components1

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Mirage

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related to External links · 10
Mirage → All, Brady Haran, Continental Divide TrailBowley, Mirages, Morgana Mirage, Nottingham, PenglaiThe, Roger, Sixty Symbols, University
related to Fata Morgana · 9
Mirage → Earth, Fata Morgana, Fay, For, In, It, Italian, King Arthur, Morgan
related to Superior mirage · 8
Mirage → Because, During, Fata Morgana, For, Icelandic, Passing, Superior, This
related to Heat haze · 7
Mirage → Both, Common, Convection, Heat, It, This, When
related to Inferior mirage · 4
Mirage → In, Light, The, Therefore
related to Mirage of astronomical objects · 4
Mirage → Mirages, Moon, Sun, The
is a · 2
Mirage → naturally occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays bend via refraction to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky, real optical phenomenon that can be captured on camera
related to Night-time mirages · 2
Mirage → The, Under
causes · 1
Mirage → the observer to see a bright and bluish patch on the ground.Light rays coming from a particular distant object all travel through nearly the same layers of air

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mirages light image rays fata morgana superior temperature inferior also objects gradient object sky observed images air may appear appears

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Miragecausesthe observer to see a bright and bluish patch on the ground.Light rays coming from a particular distant object all travel through nearly the same layers of air0.90text
Mirageis anaturally occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays bend via refraction to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky0.90text
Mirageis areal optical phenomenon that can be captured on camera0.90text
Miragerelated to External linksAll0.60section
Miragerelated to External linksPenglaiThe0.60section
Miragerelated to External linksMorgana Mirage0.60section
Miragerelated to External linksContinental Divide TrailBowley0.60section
Miragerelated to External linksRoger0.60section
Miragerelated to External linksMirages0.60section
Miragerelated to External linksSixty Symbols0.60section
Miragerelated to External linksBrady Haran0.60section
Miragerelated to External linksUniversity0.60section

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