how does an mirage form?
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A mirage is a naturally-occurring optical phenomenon, in which light rays are bent to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky. The word comes from the Latin mirare, meaning 'to appear, to seem'. This is the same root as for mirror. Like a mirror, a mirage shows images of things which are elsewhere. The principal physical cause of a mirage, however, is refraction and not reflection.
A mirage is not an optical illusion. It is a real phenomenon, and one can take photographs of it. The interpretation of the image, however, is up to the fantasy of the human mind.
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Mirage is like an optical illusion formed due to the total internal reflection. This happens when a light beem bends. For example, we see mirages like water ponds in a hot day in a desert. When light travel through the atmosphere from cooler to warmer it bends due to the change in the speed of light in the space and of the earth.
This is what happens!!
This is why we see these mirages and this happens when the hot air near the ground is touched by the light.
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