Explain how a mirage occurs
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# Normally, light waves from the sun travel straight through the atmosphere to your eye.
# But, light travels at different speeds through hot air and cold air.
# 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 travelled 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.
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Here is your answer________________
# Normally, light waves from the sun travel straight through the atmosphere to your eye.
# But, light travels at different speeds through hot air and cold air.
# 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 travelled 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.
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HOPE THIS ANSWER WILL HELP U......
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