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Mirage is due to
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Mahesh Verma said:
1 decade ago
The Above Phenomenon is a great example of TOTAL INTERNAL REFLACTION, Which comes in account when light travels from denser medium to rearer medium, after some specific angle it again reflacts into the denser medium. Similar kind of activity happens in desert area called "Mirage" or "Marichica".
Rahul said:
1 decade ago
It is due to refraction of light.
Bipin said:
1 decade ago
This is due to the total internal reflection in the deserts.
S.m.muthulakshmi said:
1 decade ago
What is mean by mirage?
Sundar said:
1 decade ago
Mirage - An optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions, esp. the appearance of a sheet of water in a desert or on a hot road caused by the refraction of light from the sky by heated air.
Dhiraj said:
1 decade ago
The different layers of earth are heated differently as the air become lighter as we move upwards from earth and because of different densities of air a phenomena TIR takes place and an illusion is created.
Sudheer said:
1 decade ago
What are denser and rarer medium in mirage.
Priyanka said:
1 decade ago
Why in desert generally we find mirage of water.
AKASH GOURAV said:
1 decade ago
Caused mainly in desert where people from far feels possibility of water at that certain place.
Aditya Gautan said:
1 decade ago
It seems in desert. It is a special condition in which we appears natural situation which actually not happen.
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