• Lenny@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    I always wanted to see a mirage in person, then I realized recently I see them all the time on the highway when it’s a hot sunny day. It do be looking like water.

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      2 days ago

      Yeah I swear cartoons and maybe movies made mirages look like complex hallucinations to me as a kid. An actual mirage, like in the photo, is something I’ve also noticed ever since I started driving.

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        2 days ago

        I feel you, lol. To be fair, its likely that they do turn into complex hallucinations after a while. Those cartoon characters have typically spent too long in the desert sun and are dying of thirst.