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• Mirage of astronomical objects — Mock mirage of the setting sun A mirage of an astronomical object is a naturally occurring optical phenomenon, in which light rays are bent to produce distorted or multiple images of an astronomical object. The mirages might be observed for such… …   Wikipedia

• Sannikov Land — ( ru. Земля Санникова) was a phantom island in the Arctic Ocean. Its supposed existence became somewhat of a myth in 19th century Russia.Yakov Sannikov and Matvei Gedenschtrom claimed to have seen it during their 1809 1810 cartographic expedition …   Wikipedia

• Bjerko Peninsula — (coord|67|50|S|69|30|E|) is a broad ice covered peninsula of Antarctica, forming the west shore of MacKenzie Bay. Norwegian whalers explored this area in January and February 1931, naming the cape at the end of this peninsula for gunner Reidar… …   Wikipedia

• inferior mirage —    The term inferior mirage is indebted to the French verb se mirer, which means to reflect, or to be reflected. The adjective inferior refers to the phenomenon s position relevant to the horizon or a distant object. The term inferior mirage is… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations