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Mirage. Various kinds of mirages in one location taken over the course of six minutes, not shown in chronological order. [ a] 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 ...
The Misfortune of Being Ned. Annoying Orange is an American live-action/animated comedy web series created by Dane Boedigheimer (known online as DaneBoe). The series follows an anthropomorphic orange who annoys fruits, vegetables and various other objects and even people and creatures by telling crude jokes and puns and making annoying noises ...
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 ...
In Chinese mythology. In a legend originating in the state of Qi during the pre-Qin period, immortals live in a palace called the Penglai Palace which is located on Mount Penglai. [ 3] In Chinese mythology the mountain is often said to be the base for the Eight Immortals (or at least where they travel to have a ceremonial meal), as well as the ...
Robyn Rabinovitch said she'd been crying all day after watching son Ivan swim the men's 10K, the only American in the race.
In addition, the fruits and vegetables intervention group showed greater improvements in other cardiovascular markers, including body mass index and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, than ...
Kiwifruit has a thin, fuzzy, fibrous, tart but edible light brown skin and light green or golden flesh with rows of tiny, black, edible seeds. The fruit has a soft texture with a sweet and unique flavour. Kiwifruit is native to central and eastern China. [ 1]
Looming of the Canadian coast as seen from Rochester, New York, on April 16, 1871. Looming is the most noticeable and most often observed of these refraction phenomena. It is an abnormally large refraction of the object that increases the apparent elevation of the distant objects and sometimes allows an observer to see objects that are located below the horizon under normal conditions.