What is mirage effect?

Asked by: Ali Reza Shokati Answer A mirage is not only seen by thirsty desert wanderers. You can also see one driving comfortably along a black top highway on a sunny day. That 'wet' looking spot on the road up ahead could actually be a mirage that stays in the distance, as impossible to reach as a rainbow. read more

A mirage is a naturally occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays bend to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky. The word comes to English via the French mirage, from the Latin mirari, meaning "to look at, to wonder at". read more

When oxygen is present, the well known bleaching effect occurs, due to olefinic bounds oxidation, which disturbs conjugation of polyenes and forms structures which are transparent in the visible wavelength range (2), and excluded from analysis using the mirage effect spectroscopy. read more