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Zivile Schifffahrt => Motoren & Dampf => Thema gestartet von: Ulrich Rudofsky am 06 März 2021, 18:39:15
Fata Morgana - Luftspiegelung
"Walker 'stunned' to see ship hovering high above sea off Cornwall"
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/05/ship-hovering-above-sea-cornwall-optical-illusion
Some fruitless convoy approaches were done due to Fata Morgana effect. Dick O'Kane in his book "Clear the Bridge" has a very nice description of such a case.