Fata Morgana in Limassol

I have read many times about Fata Morgana effects and the beautiful image illusions it creates.

However, on Friday 7 May 2010 around 12:00-13:00 in Limassol, I was pretty lucky to observe this amazing effect.

There was only 1 sea-cargo, near horizon which was optically affected. At the horizon level, there was a band of a slight darker colour compared to sea or sky. That cargo-ship was optically lifted un-inverted on top of the band. As the effect was fading away, there was a mirror-like image of the cargo-ship on the same level, departing from the ship itself towards left-side…

Few minutes later after observing the effect, when taking our lunch out to the company-terrace, fata morgana was already gone … It is as true as it’s said “Here She is, and here She’s not…”

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I suppose, in general terms experiencing Fata Morgana is as nice as experiencing Tramontane