Re:'Hovering ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker
by mc32 on Friday March 05, 2021 @09:03AM
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Title should be ‘Fata Morgana sighted off Cornish Coast.’
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Re:'Hovering ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker
by danbruc on Friday March 05, 2021 @10:50AM
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No, it is not a Fata Morgana [1] but a superior mirage [2] as the article says. A Fata Morgana is a subclass of superior mirage that has multiple distorted images. Just learned this because of another comment. Whether calling it a Fata Morgana would be appropriate because it is the common laymen term for mirages in English I can not tell as non-native speaker.
Re:'Hovering ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker
by pavon on Friday March 05, 2021 @03:23PM
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Actually, in this case, I don't think it is any type of mirage. Rather it is a false horizon [1] caused by reflection of fog.
[1] https://www.metabunk.org/threads/debunked-fata-morgana-or-mi...
Re:'Hovering ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker
by rapnie on Friday March 05, 2021 @01:09PM
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Another form of mirage are the Marfa Lights on Route 67, where (of course) UFO's were quickly in the picture. Most probably headlights, campfires.
Re:'Hovering ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker
by quickthrowman on Friday March 05, 2021 @01:17PM
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I’ve seen one similar to the Marfa Lights, Paulding Light in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Paulding Light is caused by car headlights.