Difference between revisions of "Fata Morgana"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_121013" /> == | |||
<p> A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits of Messina, between [[Calabria]] and Sicily. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_73069" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_73069" /> == | ||
<p> A mirage occasionally observed in the [[Strait]] of Messina, in which, from refraction in the atmosphere, images of objects, such as men, houses, trees, etc., are seen from the coast under or over the surface of the water. </p> | <p> A mirage occasionally observed in the [[Strait]] of Messina, in which, from refraction in the atmosphere, images of objects, such as men, houses, trees, etc., are seen from the coast under or over the surface of the water. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_121013"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/fata+morgana Fata Morgana from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_73069"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/fata+morgana Fata Morgana from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_73069"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/fata+morgana Fata Morgana from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 09:58, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted, distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed particularly at the Straits of Messina, between Calabria and Sicily.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A mirage occasionally observed in the Strait of Messina, in which, from refraction in the atmosphere, images of objects, such as men, houses, trees, etc., are seen from the coast under or over the surface of the water.
