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mirage

mirage

An optical effect caused by light bending through air layers of different temperatures, sometimes creating the appearance of distant water.

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English
mirage
Norwegian
luftspeiling
Japanese
蜃気楼 — しんきろう — shinkirou
Korean
신기루 — singiru
Spanish
espejismo
French
mirage
German
Luftspiegelung

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