what is mirage? why we can't see mirage any time anywhere? please explain in detail
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Explanation:
Mirage is an optical phenomenon, which can be explained in terms of refraction of light and variation of air density with height in the atmosphere. ... In cooler climates, the air near the earth's surface is denser than the layers of air above it causing the density of air to decrease with height. You might think our traveller was hallucinating, but mirages are a naturally-occurring optical illusion. The illusion results from the way in which light is refracted (bent) through air at different temperatures. Cold air is denser than warm air, and therefore has a greater refractive index.
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mirage is a naturally occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays bend via refraction to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky.[1] The word comes to English via the French mirage, from the Latin mirari, meaning "to look at, to wonder at".[2]
Mirages can be categorized as "inferior" (meaning lower), "superior" (meaning higher) and "Fata Morgana", one kind of superior mirage consisting of a series of unusually elaborate, vertically stacked images, which form one rapidly changing mirage.
In contrast to a hallucination, a mirage is a real optical phenomenon that can be captured on camera, since light rays are actually refracted to form the false image at the observer's location. What the image appears to represent, however, is determined by the interpretive faculties of the human mind. For example, inferior images on land are very easily mistaken for the reflections from a small body of water.
Inferior mirage
Superior mirage