Fata Morgana - Luftspiegelung

[Ulrich Rudofsky]

Fata Morgana - Luftspiegelung

"Walker 'stunned' to see ship hovering high above sea off Cornwall"
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/05/ship-hovering-above-sea-cornwall-optical-illusion

[geosub1978]

Some fruitless convoy approaches were done due to Fata Morgana effect. Dick O'Kane in his book "Clear the Bridge" has a very nice description of such a case.