In recent days, in Calvados and Finistère, skyscrapers and a bridge have appeared on the horizon. We tell you all about this surprising phenomenon.
The tourists had to rub their eyes several times. The optical illusion is surprising: not in the desert, but on the beaches of Normandy and Brittany on Sunday July 17, skyscrapers and a bridge appeared off the ocean of ‘Houlgate, in Calvados, and Céder, in Finistère, indicates Le Huffington Post. Mirages linked to the “Fata Morgana” phenomenon. “New York is moving to Kerfissien”, comments photographer Vincent Zéroual on his Facebook account.
Oh the mirage yesterday on the beach of Kerfissien in Céder (29l. The difference in temperature between the air and the water affects the propagation of light, creating this impression of seeing skyscrapers on a beach in North Finistère! u00a9 (Vincent Zeroual) pic.twitter.com/BsBER5FVt8
— Eric Lagadec (@EricLagadec) July 19, 2022
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Bluffing!
Triple optical illusion off Luc/Mer 17/7/22 #Normandie
These are not ships on the horizon but a FATA MORGANA, a succession of mirages resulting from a thousand sheets of hot and cold air currents pic.twitter.com/9VCrB6uf63— Raphaël Fresnais (@RFresnais) July 18, 2022
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What is it about ?
As detailed West Francethe Fata Morgana appear “in clear, warm weather and result from a overlapping layers of hot and cold air resulting in a succession of superior mirages and inferior mirages”. The propagation of light is then affected, which creates optical illusions.
A rare phenomenon in Normandy and Brittany because the two regions very rarely reach such levels of heat.
The name of Fata Morgana is taken from the fairy Morgane, a fantastic figure from the Middle Ages who had been designated as being at the origin of these phenomena, specifies CNews.
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