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Mirages above the foros in the Crimea observed a rare phenomenon

Added	Fri, 10/01/2020
Источники	primechaniya.ru
Дата публикации	Wed, 29/08/2018
Версии	Mirage

The message of Fata Morgana appeared today, August 29, in the public "Overheard Yalta". The Mirage of the ship saw the inhabitants, vacationers in foros is the most southern point of the Crimea.

According to the contours in the sky soared the edge of the ship - usually these ships kept closer to the southern coast of Crimea.

Fata Morgana— a rare and complex form of Mirage. The optical phenomenon in the atmosphere above the horizon we can see various images of objects lying behind him. The resulting images and pictures changed like frames in a movie, and heavily distorted.

This phenomenon occurs when the lower atmosphere due to the temperature difference formed by several alternating layers of air of different density. They are able to give specular reflection, becoming a kind of air lens. And that as a result of reflection (and refraction) of rays actually existing objects on the horizon or over the distorted image.

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