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Show I - i STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By John Hix ""-Tiea, fl VVr tN.clr4 I fl at STlS& WW OHCt h fVCf5Oi f T 1 ) ftnrVfotrt1t peSCWWWR Of GAS, --s mOTS Sn rt, "Tnt (WetK, 'CHttOS, in a"11 lAsasasMssnaawjsavaawaE-a ZAJv- M' HP Of-CM0- i "si:...:-ik7 fWHTPase, MIRAGES . . . Many a thirst-maddened desert traveler hss been victimised by one of nature's most diabolical disappointments the mirage. Lured on over ecorching sand toward a vision of cool, lapping water and shady trees only to have that vision disappear, prospectors find Instead another an-other stretch of sand under a aea of shimmering heat waves. Yet, strange as It aeems, these "ghost lakes" are real enough to be photographed! First mirage pictures ever believed taken were obtained in 12S in Africa, by Major and Mrs. Court-Treatt The mirage is an optical Illusion, caused by refraction or reflection of light rays passing through varying layers of atmosphere. Images of far distant objects are made to appear near at hand, or are seen inverted in-verted or reflected and raised in the atmosphere. Most famous mirage la the "Fata Morgana," often seen In the Straits of Messina, in which men, ships, houses, etc., are seen in various die-'torted die-'torted positions. (Copyright, 183T. for The Telegram) |