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[–] [email protected] 64 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago

Yup, this image just made me realize the exact same thing.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

i always thought that it was especially cruel that it looks like water. Damn illusion could look like anything, but no, it just has to be water.