page_title: Mirage
hierarchical_section_title: Mirage
caption_attribution_description: English: Superior Mirage of Farallon Islands. It is 3-image mirage (Inverted image between erect ones).
context_page_description: A mirage is an image that is distorted by the atmosphere so that its form and location can look very different from the actual object. It is caused by the way light bends as it passes through layers of air of different temperatures.
  The words "mirage" and "mirror" come from the same root word, which means "to look at."
context_section_description: A mirage is an image that is distorted by the atmosphere so that its form and location can look very different from the actual object. It is caused by the way light bends as it passes through layers of air of different temperatures.
  The words "mirage" and "mirror" come from the same root word, which means "to look at."
caption: Superior mirage of Farallon Islands
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