A mirage is the product of refraction, specifically at a moment when atmospheric
refraction is unusually great.
-- Because of the normal properties of atmosphere, light almost always curves downward
slightly as it travels through air. That's normal refraction.
-- During unusual atmospheric conditions, light may curve downward more sharply
as it travels. When that's happening . . .
-- Think of the light leaving an object, like a camel or a palm tree, at some unusually
elevated angle above the horizon, and heading away from the surface.
-- That light bends down more sharply than usual, and after traveling some unusually
great distance, it's descending toward the surface.
-- Somebody standing there where that light returns to the surface sees the object.
But the light is coming at him from an unusually elevated angle, so it looks as if the
camel or the palm tree is unusually high, in the sky, because that's where he's looking
when he sees it.
-- The unusual atmospheric conditions that can lead to this phenomenon typically
consist of rapid increase of temperature and/or decrease in air pressure as you go up
in altitude ... exactly what often happens in harsh desert, and a big part of the reason
why the legends of flying horses and magic carpets come from places like that.
Yes, light is refracted in a mirage. A mirage is an optical illusion caused by the refraction of light as it passes through air layers of different temperatures. This refraction can create the appearance of water, which is not actually present.
A mirage is something that appears real but disappears as you get closer. It is an optical illusion caused by light refraction.
A mirage is an image of a distant object caused by refraction of light. This phenomenon occurs due to differences in air temperature causing light to bend, creating the illusion of an object where it is not actually located.
It is called a Mirage.There is a lot of information about the phenomenon on Wikipedia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage
Other evidence of refraction include the bending of light as it passes through different mediums such as water or glass, the formation of rainbows due to the dispersion of light, and the mirage effect seen in deserts or hot roads due to the bending of light rays.
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Yes, light is refracted in a mirage. A mirage is an optical illusion caused by the refraction of light as it passes through air layers of different temperatures. This refraction can create the appearance of water, which is not actually present.
You're going for "mirage", but we're not comfortable with that description. It's not really the "image" that's caused by refraction. It's more the location or direction in which the image is seen that's caused by refraction.
Mirage
It is not true.
A mirage is something that appears real but disappears as you get closer. It is an optical illusion caused by light refraction.
A mirage is an image of a distant object caused by refraction of light. This phenomenon occurs due to differences in air temperature causing light to bend, creating the illusion of an object where it is not actually located.
A mirage is an optical illusion caused by the bending of light rays as they pass through air layers of different temperatures, which creates distorted or inverted images of distant objects. This bending of light, known as refraction, can make objects appear closer, taller, or even as if they are floating in the air.
A superior mirage is a meteorological phenomenon that causes an object to appear higher or more elevated than it actually is. This effect is due to the refraction of light as it passes through layers of air of different temperatures.
It is called a Mirage.There is a lot of information about the phenomenon on Wikipedia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage
A mirage is an optical illusion which is caused by atmospheric conditions. This is often due to the refraction of light from the sky by heated air.