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2 Superior mirage
hot asphalt or through the exhaust gases produced by jet Superior mirage: plane on ice, McMurdo Station
engines. When appearing on roads due to the hot asphalt,
it is often referred to as a highway mirage.
Convection causes the temperature of the air to vary, and
the variation between the hot air at the surface of the road
and the denser cool air above it creates a gradient in the
refractive index of the air. This produces a blurred shim-
mering eect, which aects the ability to resolve objects,
the eect being increased when the image is magnied
through a telescope or telephoto lens.
no longer to a Fata Morgana but rather to a superior mi- [2] An Introduction to Mirages by Andy Young
rage display.
[3] SDSU.edu, Atmospheric Optics Glossary by Andy
Distortions of image and bending of light can produce Young
spectacular eects. In his book Pursuit: The Chase and
Sinking of the Bismarck, the author Ludovic Kennedy [4] Durst and Bull (1956). Met. Mag. 85. pp. 237242.
describes an incident that allegedly took place below the [5] Andrew, Young. Annotated bibliography of mirages, green
Denmark Strait during 1941, following the sinking of the ashes, atmospheric refraction, etc.
Hood. The Bismarck, while pursued by the British cruis-
ers Norfolk and Suolk, passed out of sight into a sea
mist. Within a matter of seconds, the ship re-appeared 6 External links
steaming toward the British ships at high speed. In alarm
the cruisers separated, anticipating an imminent attack,
and observers from both ships watched in astonishment All kind of mirages explained
as the German battleship uttered, grew indistinct and China daily, rare mirage in Penglai
faded away. Radar watch during these events indicated
that the Bismarck had in fact made no changes of course. The superior mirage
4 See also
Atmospheric refraction
5 References
[1] David K. Lynch & William Livingston (2001). Color and
Light in Nature (2nd ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge
University Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-521-77504-5.
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