fata morganas

A form of fata morgana — A form of mirage seen just above the horizon, caused by a temperature inversion in the atmosphere, in which multiple upright and inverted images of a distant object appear to be stacked on top of each other in a highly distorted fashion; especially one seen at sea, and particularly in the Strait of Messina.

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Meanings

fata morganas1

noun
  1. pluralplural of fata morgana

Fata Morganas2

noun
  1. pluralplural of Fata Morgana
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