Mirage

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Konstantinos Kourtidis
Demokritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece

Mirage image. This looks like the so-called mock mirage to me (although mock mirages are usually attributed to the setting sun). Mock mirages arise when one views the horizon while one is above a temperature inversion. Here, the island Thassos is viewed from Kavala.

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Type Image Format JPG Size 258.8 KB Width 1530 px Height 1152 px Aspect 85:64 Brand Panasonic Model DMC-FZ8 Exposure 72 mm f/5.6 1/400 s ISO 100 Coordinates 40.9475, 24.4061 Tint Moderate blue Submitted 10 January 2010

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