Posted on 05/07/2019 7:23:02 AM PDT by simpson96
(The Chicago skyline was seen from 60 miles away across Lake Michigan in St. Joseph, Michigan, at sunset Saturday, May 4, 2019.)
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Imagine gazing across Lake Michigan expecting to see the setting sun on the horizon, but instead seeing the skyline of a distant city. That's what happened in St. Joseph, Michigan, Saturday evening.
This effect, captured on video by Joshua Nowicki, is called fata morgana, which is an optical bending of light by changes in air temperature over bodies of cold water, such as Lake Michigan in the spring.
The skyline of Chicago can be seen from a bluff in downtown St. Joseph, Michigan, 60 miles away.
According to NASA, the Windy City seems so much closer because of the way light is bent through layers of varying density. The light that reaches your eyes comes from different angles across the lake, and thus, the city seems to be growing or even floating.
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When growing up on the South Shore of Long Island... we used to be able to see the Twin Towers from Gilgo Beach (30-35 miles away) when the sun went down on clear days.... truly amazing sight to see the sun falling between the two spheres....
Most of the coverage from the beach to the towers was water... so who knows.. perhaps it was this effect?
Good one !!!
Wait a minute atmospheric distortion in recent news is ascribed to Farta Bovina. I know this from AOC and we’ll all be dead in 12 years or less or something.
Lets go much further than Chicago.
It all goes in one direction...up!
“This effect, captured on video by Joshua Nowicki, is called fata morgana, which is an optical bending of light by changes in air temperature over bodies of cold water, such as Lake Michigan in the spring.”
This is a relatively common phenomena. Normally if you look at the right place in a westerly direction from the farm place in Nebraska you can see the top of the water tower at the Brunning Airbase. The Airbase itself is about 14 miles away and below the horizon. If you get up in time to do the chores in the morning, before any wind picks up, you can on occasion see the hangers (although I believe one or more has burned). I can guarantee you that there are no bodies of cold water there and this phenomena is not limited to spring.
I can see Blago.
I’m calling bullshite.
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