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Mock Mirage,
M-Mir, sunset at San Francisco imaged
by Mila Zinkova (site). The top of the strong inversion
layer producing
the lower mirage was roughly at the height of the ship's funnel
- Mila was observing from above the layer. The inversion was
produced by warm air from inland flowing over air cooled by
the cold California Ocean Current. Frames 4-9 show clearly
the inverted and erect images of a mock
mirage and how they
evolve. Within the layer below the ship's funnel, the upper
brighter image is an ascending
inverted image
of the sun's upper limb. The lower image, showing a greater
extinction, is a descending
erect image. Images
©Mila Zinkova, shown with permission. |
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