Mirages are due to what

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Convection causes the temperature of the air to vary from cool-hot. this variation between the hot air on the surface of the road and the cold air that is close above it creates a gradient located in the refractive index of air and you see what we call a mirage! hope this helps!.
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Alexeev081 [22]3 years ago

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Atmospheric refraction.

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