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Pancake Sunset
at S.Pedro de Moel, Portugal  . Imaged
by Luis Carreira (site)
June 2003. A mock-mirage, M-Mir sunset
produced by more than one inversion layer.
The complex bright upper image of the sun descends
and forms a 'tin hat' shape characteristic of strong
inversions. Below it a dimmer inverted image rises.
The striations from lower left to upper right are
produced by waves in the inversion layers. Lower still,
a dim third inverted image ascends from the ocean -
this image could be one seen through the far end of
a leaky thermal inversion duct. Image ©2003
Luis Carreira, shown with permission.
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