Show THE FATA Conditions That Must Obtain to Allow of Its The fata morgana is a singular aerial phenomenon akin to the It is seen in many parts of the but most frequently and in greatest perfection at the strait of between Sicily and So many conditions must that even there it is of comparatively rare To allow of its production the sun must be at an angle of forty-five degrees with the both sky and sea must be calm and the tidal current sufficiently strong to cause the water in the center to rise higher than on the edges of the When these conditions are fully met the observer on the heights of looking toward will behold a series of rapidly exchanging sometimes of most exquisite successions of beautiful with houses and streets and church will appear and to be succeeded perhaps by fleets of placidly sailing over the sometimes 1 like a rainbow surrounds It is supposed ages are due to the irre powers of the dif layers of air above the sea 1 repeat and objects on the Sicilian shore but to the Italians A singular appearances are the ties of the Princess the view of them is bring good fortune to m |