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mirages

  • plural
    of mirage.
    mirage
    noun
    an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.

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It was the first of many Majorana mirages.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 20, 2023

They have variously reported four, six or even eight mirages of the background galaxy circling the cluster, with each number suggesting a slightly different distribution for Abell 3827’s dark matter.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 11, 2023

The tale of that man, his map, and the place it led to is really one about Southern California’s twin mirages — fame and fortune — and the people who seek one or the other.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2023

New York has a commercial Museum of Illusions, a tourist attraction in the Meatpacking District whose optical mirages invite visitors to “Trick your eye and entertain your mind!”

From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2022

These mirages made navigation around the bergs very dangerous, because it was often hard to tell what was a real iceberg and what was a phantom.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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