NATURE S MYSTERIES MRAGES AND OTHER MARVELS OF LIGHT AND AIR ARBRA PENI Britannica Educational Publishing IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROSEN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
4 Imagine this story A lost traveler wanders through the desert It is hot and dry The traveler is very thirsty Then he sees a pool of water ahead He can’t believe it The trav eler runs forward and tries to jump into the pool But when he gets there the water dis appears There is just sand below him There was never any water An image of water in the desert that really isn’t there is one kind of mirage WHAT IS A MIRAGE Some deserts have real pools of water like this one but images of water in the desert are often mirages
Mirages
The fabled oasis in the desert mirage is just one example of what can happen when light hits the air in certain atmospheric conditions.
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