A photo from open sources
Border guards from the Finnish sparsely populated province of Lapland published on Twitter a photograph of the unusual phenomenon. Above the frozen lake Inarijärvi suddenly arose a mysterious “structure” like a long stretch of land volcanic origin. Needless to say that no volcanic islands are not here, so eyewitnesses are very surprised at such a discovery. Finns tried to approach his find, however, the “island” began to dissolve in the air.
A photo from open sources
Then the border guards realized that they had witnessed the appearance of Fata Morgana – a complex and rare optical phenomenon, representing several layers of mirages in the atmosphere. The surface of the earth close to the horizon is reflected in the sky pie “, which creates the illusion of a monochrome long structures over the horizon line. Reflecting “mirror” are tiny ice crystals in the air. According to the authors amazing frame, the air temperature at that moment was minus 25 degrees Celsius, so the Fata Morgan hypothesis definitely not without logic. In the summer, such a sight is unlikely you will see.
A striking phenomenon captured by Finnish border guards reminiscent of mystical villages and islands from northern legends and fairy tales. In the folklore of many peoples living in cold regions, there are stories about the so-called “lost worlds”, arising as if from nowhere and disappearing, if you try get close to them. Perhaps mirages like what was observed last sunday on lake Inarijärvi, is a good an explanation of such fairy tales.
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