Question

Briefly discuss the formation of mirage on the surface on the road as a pool of water

Answer 1

Mirages happen when the ground is very hot and the air is cool. The hot ground warms a layer of air just above the ground. When the light moves through the cold air and into the layer of hot air it is refracted (bent). A layer of very warm air near the ground refracts the light from the sky nearly into a U-shaped bend. Our brain thinks the light has traveled in a straight line. Our brain doesn’t see the image as bent light from the sky. Instead, our brain thinks the light must have come from something on the ground.