The Scoresby ship mirage of 1822

Abstract A very clear mirage observed by Scoresby in the Greenland Sea shows an inverted ship floating above the horizon. This mirage can be mathematically reconstructed using a linear image diagram. Scoresby's description is here re-examined: anew set of essential assumptions is distilled from...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Authors: Lehn, W.H., Rees, W.G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1990
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Greenland
Scoresby
Greenland Sea
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400011414
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400011414
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Summary:Abstract A very clear mirage observed by Scoresby in the Greenland Sea shows an inverted ship floating above the horizon. This mirage can be mathematically reconstructed using a linear image diagram. Scoresby's description is here re-examined: anew set of essential assumptions is distilled from his report, and an ‘exact’ reproduction of the mirage is obtained to match these conditions.

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