Everyday anomalies

Apparently you don't understand the simple notion that a mirage can be an exact duplicate in appearance, but not in size. It's like images on TV. Do you have trouble figuring our what those are just because they're smaller? @_@

If you would, just once, play devil's advocate with your ignorance:

A Fata Morgana can occur at night, provided the necessary atmospheric conditions are present. While a nighttime Fata Morgana is less common due to the lack of strong solar heating, it is still possible and can produce startling visual effects, such as distorted lights from cities, ships, or astronomical objects
- Google AI

Phoenix Fata Morgana at night:

In this one, you can see the crenelated-looking top of a building that is being projected in the clouds by Fata Morgana:
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Vy021fUDUWk


As usual, you prefer myth and folklore to science and facts.

No..Fata Morgana doesn't magnify tiny distant backhoes into gigantic glowing white images. They do smear or stretch images vertically, but that's more distortion than magnification. And neither of those examples are Fata Morgana. Just lights in the distance and a structure towering up thru some fog.

Yes, a Fata Morgana mirage can make distant objects appear larger, along with other distortions like stretching, elevating, and stacking them. This happens because the bending of light rays through layers of air with different temperatures creates a complex optical illusion that magnifies parts of the object.
- Google AI

And you're so delusional now that you won't accept evidence of the exact same optical effect.
You're such an intellectually dishonest piece of shit.

Quote:Yes, a Fata Morgana mirage can make distant objects appear larger, along with other distortions like stretching, elevating, and stacking them.

Nope.. just vertical distortion of the image:

"A Fata Morgana mirage is distinguished by its vertical stretching of images, which can create the illusion of apparent cliffs or fantastical towers. This distortion occurs as light rays bend when passing through air layers with different temperatures and densities. As a result, the mirage appears above the actual object, giving it a superior quality. The vertical magnification of these mirages plays a crucial role in producing remarkable visual phenomena, such as the formation of green flashes during sunset."

Quote:You're such an intellectually dishonest piece of shit.

Methinks the little bitch doth protest too much..lol

So what happens if that huge plasma arm-like thing writhing around above the clouds and even shining a light on them isn't a "magnified" Fata Morgana of a tiny distant white backhoe at night? Will this blow up your "I know what everything is" bubble?

(Oct 13, 2025 04:14 AM)Magical Realist Wrote:

Quote:Yes, a Fata Morgana mirage can make distant objects appear larger, along with other distortions like stretching, elevating, and stacking them.

Nope.. just vertical distortion of the image:

"A Fata Morgana mirage is distinguished by its vertical stretching of images, which can create the illusion of apparent cliffs or fantastical towers. This distortion occurs as light rays bend when passing through air layers with different temperatures and densities. As a result, the mirage appears above the actual object, giving it a superior quality. The vertical magnification of these mirages plays a crucial role in producing remarkable visual phenomena, such as the formation of green flashes during sunset."

A nineteenth-century book illustration, showing enlarged superior mirages; mirages can never be so far above the horizon, and a superior mirage can never increase the length of an object as shown on the right.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fata_Morga...g_Dutchman

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Quote:You're such an intellectually dishonest piece of shit.

Methinks the little bitch doth protest too much..lol

So what happens if that huge plasma arm-like thing writhing around above the clouds and even shining a light on them isn't a "magnified" Fata Morgana of a tiny distant backhoe? Will this blow up your "I know what everything is" bubble?

Great. Bring it.
But you've repeatedly proven you're not up to the task.
You're just a dullard true-believer.

Quote:A nineteenth-century book illustration, showing enlarged superior mirages; mirages can never be so far above the horizon, and a superior mirage can never increase the length of an object as shown on the right.

Right...which is exactly why we don't put much stock into 19th century drawings. lol

Quote:Great. Bring it.

LOL Bring what? I just asked you a simple question. Are goin all retarded on us again?

(Oct 13, 2025 04:53 AM)Magical Realist Wrote:

Quote:A nineteenth-century book illustration, showing enlarged superior mirages; mirages can never be so far above the horizon, and a superior mirage can never increase the length of an object as shown on the right.

Right...which is exactly why we don't put much stock into 19th century drawings. lol

I knew you'd completely fail to understand the difference between a mirage and a superior mirage.
do you also not understand the difference between "increase the length" and "enlarged"? @_@

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Quote:Great. Bring it.

LOL Bring what? I just asked you a simple question. Are goin all retarded on us again?

So your little "what happens if" was meaningless prattle. Got it.
Be sure to let me know when this supposedly big, mind-blow revelation occurs.

Quote:I knew you'd completely fail

I know how to read dumbass. Do you want me to quote the text again?

Quote:So your little "what happens if" was meaningless prattle. Got it.

It's called a "question". Look it up when you aren't chasing windmills.

(Oct 13, 2025 05:44 AM)Magical Realist Wrote:

Quote:I knew you'd completely fail

I know how to read dumbass. Do you want me to quote the text again?

You clearly don't, as I've pointed out countless times over many years.

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Quote:So your little "what happens if" was meaningless prattle. Got it.

It's called a "question". Look it up when you aren't chasing windmills.

A completely pointless question.