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Mirage Island. / 66.800°S 141.450°E / -66.800; 141.450. Mirage Island is a rocky island 0.5 kilometres (0.25 nmi) long lying 0.6 kilometres (0.3 nmi) west of Cape Mousse on the coast of Antarctica. It was charted in 1950 by the French Antarctic Expedition and so named by them because mirages were frequently observed in the vicinity of ...
A mirage is a naturally-occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays bend via refraction to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky. [ 1 ] The word comes to English via the French (se) mirer, from the Latin mirari, meaning "to look at, to wonder at". [ 2 ]
A Fata Morgana ( Italian: [ˈfaːta morˈɡaːna]) is a complex form of superior mirage visible in a narrow band right above the horizon. The term Fata Morgana is the Italian translation of "Morgan the Fairy" ( Morgan le Fay of Arthurian legend). These mirages are often seen in the Italian Strait of Messina, and were described as fairy castles ...
Drake has appeared to open his archives with the release of a massive folder consisting of 100 gigabytes of footage from studio sessions, audio clips and three new songs. The files were released ...
Rodrigues flying fox. The Rodrigues flying fox or Rodrigues fruit bat ( Pteropus rodricensis) is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae, the flying foxes or fruit bats. It is endemic to Rodrigues, an island in the Indian Ocean belonging to Mauritius. Its natural habitat is tropical lowland forests. The bats are sociable, roost in large ...
Jonathan Owens left Bears training camp to support his wife Simone Biles during her gymnastic events at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The Mirage's casino measures 90,548 sq ft (8,412.2 m 2). [138] It opened with 2,300 slot machines and 115 table games. [25] A high-limit area was added at the last minute, having been overlooked prior to that point. [16] The Mirage was the first Las Vegas casino to use security cameras full-time on all table games. [139]
Stock Island is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community on the island of the same name in Monroe County, Florida, United States. [5] The population of the CDP was 4,722 at the 2020 census, [2] up from 3,919 in 2010. [6] It is located on the portion of the island south of US 1. It is supposedly named for the herds of ...