Fata Morgana is a complex form of mirage that occurs in a narrow band right above the horizon. It is a type of superior ...

An optical illusion caused by freak weather ... In the case of the Titanic, it is believed the thermal inversion led to a superior mirage, which creates a false horizon. For those at sea level ...

An optical illusion caused the ship to appear ... BBC meteorologist David Braine said the "superior mirage" occurred because of "special atmospheric conditions that bend light".

to the rare and eerie superior mirage. But, how many of us really understand how a rainbow is formed, why the setting sun is red and flattened, or even why the sky at night is not absolutely black?

UTO, Kumamoto Prefecture--A high school science club here enlisted the help of local fishermen to reproduce a rare type of atmospheric optical phenomenon ... as the mirage is called, as it had ...

It is suspected the iceberg effect was caused by an optical illusion called Fata Morgana, a mirage usually seen ... In the past, the phenomenon inspired legends of fairy castles, mysterious ...