Fata Morgana of distant land
Taken by Mila Zinkova on October 9, 2016 @
San Francisco, California, USA
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Date Taken: 2016:10:10 17:48:53
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Yesterday, on October 9, 2016 I looked at the ocean and saw the land I've never seen before. The land was very unusual and beautiful with some natural bridges and arches. I would have been happy to explore it, except my land was Fata Morgana mirage of some distant land, which is seen only under the condition of extreme temperature inversion. Fata Morgana built my land and Fata Morgana destroyed it 20 minutes later. I was luckier than John Ross, the captain of British Navy, who in 1818 failed to discover a north-west passage because he believed the passage was blocked by a mountain range. He even named that range: "the Croker Range". As it has been proven later Ross's mountain range was Fata Morgana, and it almost costed him his reputation. I said I was luckier because I saw my new land to disappear before I embarrassed myself by reporting my "discovery" :-) In Ross situation the fog covered the mirage before it disappeared, and that's why he has never realized his mistake. Looks as Fata Morgana is a very playful enchantress :-)
The pictures are panoramas, which I made from the frames of the video I filmed
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