Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Polar mirages

1988; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 24; Issue: 150 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0032247400009141

1475-3057

Gareth Rees,

History and Developments in Astronomy

Abstract After a brief outline of how mirages are formed in polar regions, this paper discusses several kinds of mirages noted in the literature of polar exploration—those creating illusory land, the Novaya Zemlya effect, longrange visibility and magnification, and multiple images and the Fata Morgana.