Inferior Mirages
- mirage - when an object appears to be
displaced from its true position
- created as light passes through
layers of air having different densities
Inferior
Mirages:
- formed when the air near the
ground is very warm compared to the air just
above it.
- puddles of water on the
highway - what are you actually seeing?
- water/oasis in the desert
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