Meteorologist Rodney Chai snapped a photo of an “omega sun,” also known as an “Etruscan vase.” In his photo, the sun appears to have morphed into a shape reminiscent of a cartoon keyhole. The solar disc resembles a circle balanced atop another circle.
What was actually happening was an “inferior mirage,” the product of sunlight being bent upward by a layer of warm air over the water. Contrary to popular belief, mirages are not relegated to hot arid deserts, and instead frequently appear over bodies of water where air temperature varies considerably with height. That can bend, or refract, light, distorting what we see. The result? A picture-perfect peachy omega, sunny side up.
its actual position. In the case of Chai’s sunset, the lower lip of the sun appears flipped and connected to the bottom of the sun. Here is another example from the city of Uyuni in Bolivia. The hot dry bed of a salt lake meant that air temperatures within a meter of the surface were extremely toasty, but they cooled quickly with height. That caused images of distant objects to be bent back upward and flipped, creating a doubled upside-down version below objects.
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