Question

How are mirages formed?

Answer 1

Due to hot day the air becomes warm and due to that the refractive index becomes different for the above cold air.
And when the light coming from sky reaches the warm air gets refracted and goes to our eyes and we see the image of the sky.
And this image of sky is known as mirage or an illusion

Answer 2

Hii friend...
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.

You can even see mirages in the UK. Have you ever seen a wet looking shimmer above tarmac on a hot day? That's the beginning of a mirage.

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